[LeetCode]23、合并k个排序链表

题目描述

合并 k 个排序链表，返回合并后的排序链表。请分析和描述算法的复杂度。

示例:

输入:
[
1->4->5,
1->3->4,
2->6
]
输出: 1->1->2->3->4->4->5->6

思路

类似归并排序，只不过merge的时候是链表，即21题，链表节点的合并

# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode:
#     def __init__(self, x):
#         self.val = x
#         self.next = None
class Solution:
    def mergeKLists(self, lists: List[ListNode]) -> ListNode:
        if not lists:return 
        n = len(lists)
        return self.merge(lists, 0, n-1)
    def merge(self,lists, left, right):
        if left == right:
            return lists[left]
        mid = left + (right - left) // 2
        l1 = self.merge(lists, left, mid)
        l2 = self.merge(lists, mid+1, right)
        return self.mergeTwoLists(l1, l2)
    def mergeTwoLists(self,l1, l2):
        if not l1:return l2
        if not l2:return l1
        if l1.val < l2.val:
            l1.next = self.mergeTwoLists(l1.next, l2)
            return l1
        else:
            l2.next = self.mergeTwoLists(l1, l2.next)
            return l2

AC23