Merge k sorted linked lists and return it as one sorted list. Analyze and describe its complexity.
class Solution
{
public:
ListNode* mergeKLists(vector<ListNode*> &lists)
{
if (lists.size() == 0)
return NULL;
ListNode* p = lists[0];
for (int i = 1; i < lists.size(); i++)
{
p = mergeTwoLists(p,lists[i]);
}
return p;
}
ListNode* mergeTwoLists(ListNode* l1, ListNode* l2)
{
if (l1 == NULL)
return l2;
if (l2 == NULL)
return l1;
ListNode dummy(-1);
ListNode* p = &dummy;
if (l1->val < l2->val)
{
p->next = l1;
p = p->next;
p->next = mergeTwoLists(p->next,l2);
}
else
{
p->next = l2;
p = p->next;
p->next = mergeTwoLists(l1,p->next);
}
return dummy.next;
}
};