Merge K Sorted Lists
Merge K Sorted Lists linked list
Merge k sorted linked lists and return it as one sorted list. Analyze and describe its complexity.
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* public class ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode next;
* ListNode(int x) { val = x; }
* }
*/
public class MergeKSortedLists {
public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) {
if (lists==null||lists.length==0) {
return null;
}
PriorityQueue<ListNode> queue= new PriorityQueue<ListNode>(lists.length,new Comparator<ListNode>(){
@Override
public int compare(ListNode o1,ListNode o2){
if (o1.val<o2.val) {
return -1;
} else if (o1.val==o2.val) {
return 0;
} else {
return 1;
}
}
});
ListNode dummy = new ListNode(0);
ListNode tail=dummy;
for (ListNode node:lists) {
if (node!=null) {
queue.add(node);
}
}
while (!queue.isEmpty()){
tail.next=queue.poll();
tail=tail.next;
if (tail.next!=null) {
queue.add(tail.next);
}
}
return dummy.next;
}
}
Last modified October 4, 2020