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.
/**
* 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) {
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if (l1 == NULL || l2 == NULL) {
return l1 == NULL ? l2 : l1;
}
ListNode *head = NULL, *prev = NULL, *ptr = NULL;
while (l1 != NULL && l2 != NULL) {
ptr = l1->val < l2->val ? l1 : l2;
if (prev != NULL) {
prev->next = ptr;
}
if (head == NULL) {
head = ptr;
}
prev = ptr;
l1 = l1 == ptr ? l1->next : l1;
l2 = l2 == ptr ? l2->next : l2;
ptr->next = NULL;
}
prev->next = l1 != NULL ? l1 : l2;
return head;
}
};