[LeetCode] Merge Two Sorted Lists

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题目:

Merge two sorted linked lists and return it as a new list. The new list should be made by splicing together the nodes of the first two lists.

解答:

/** * Definition for singly-linked list. * struct ListNode { *     int val; *     ListNode *next; *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {} * }; */class Solution {public:    ListNode *mergeTwoLists(ListNode *l1, ListNode *l2) {        if(l1 == NULL) {            return l2;        }        if(l2 == NULL) {            return l1;        }                ListNode *head;        if(l1 -> val < l2 -> val) {            head = l1;            l1 -> next = mergeTwoLists(l1 -> next, l2);        }        else {            head = l2;            l2 -> next = mergeTwoLists(l1, l2 -> next);        }                return head;    }};

思路:

如果企图用多个指针从前至后遍历两个链表,然后对相应的next做修改,那工作量可不小。其实最简单的方法是递归:

每一次递归,如果两个链表某一个为空,则返回另一个链表;如果两个链表都不为空,则判断两个链表当前头部元素的大小,设置数值小的节点为头部,然后递归。这样做,每一次都能够确定当前全局最小的元素,由此把两个排好序的链表merge成一个排好序的链表。

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