Description
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.
Example:
Input: 1->2->4, 1->3->4
Output: 1->1->2->3->4->4
Analyse
合并两个有序的链表l1
,l2
最简单的做法是新建一个链表l3
,从l1
和l2
中获取最小的元素,插入新链表,其中一个链表的元素用完后,将另一个链表全部插入l3
时间复杂度O(m+n) (m,n为l1
,l2
长度)
最大比较次数
m + n - 1
l3
长度为m+n,每比较一次l3
长度+1,最后一个元素不用比较
1 3 5 7
| / | / | /
2 4 6
最小比较次数
min(m, n)
1 3
| /
4 5 6
Code
写出第一个版本,这个版本耗时长,消耗的内存也大,原因是新链表l3
中的每个节点都是新建的,这其实没必要,可以改为重复使用l1
,l2
中的节点
ListNode* mergeTwoLists(ListNode* l1, ListNode* l2)
{
ListNode* l3 = new ListNode(NULL);
ListNode* cur = l3;
while (l1 || l2)
{
ListNode *tmp = new ListNode(NULL);
if (!l1) {cur->next = l2; break;}
if (!l2) {cur->next = l1; break;}
if (l1->val < l2->val)
{
tmp->val = l1->val;
l1 = l1->next;
}
else
{
tmp->val = l2->val;
l2 = l2->next;
}
cur->next = tmp;
cur = cur->next;
}
return l3->next;
}
做一些修改,重复利用l1
, l2
中的节点,这样就能够faster than 99%了
ListNode* mergeTwoLists(ListNode* l1, ListNode* l2)
{
ListNode* result = new ListNode(0);
ListNode* cur = result;
while (l1 && l2)
{
if (l1->val < l2->val)
{
cur->next = l1;
l1 = l1->next;
}
else
{
cur->next = l2;
l2 = l2->next;
}
cur = cur->next;
}
if (l1)
{
cur->next = l1;
}
else
{
cur->next = l2;
}
return result->next;
}
l3
的第一个节点被浪费了,可以进一步修改
ListNode* mergeTwoLists(ListNode* l1, ListNode* l2)
{
if (!l1 || !l2) { return l1 ? l1 : l2;}
ListNode* result;
if (l1->val < l2->val)
{
result = l1;
l1 = l1->next;
}
else
{
result = l2;
l2 = l2->next;
}
ListNode* cur = result;
while (l1 && l2)
{
if (l1->val < l2->val)
{
cur->next = l1;
l1 = l1->next;
}
else
{
cur->next = l2;
l2 = l2->next;
}
cur = cur->next;
}
if (l1)
{
cur->next = l1;
}
else
{
cur->next = l2;
}
return result;
}
LeetCode上的最优解是用递归
ListNode* mergeTwoLists(ListNode* l1, ListNode* l2) {
if (!l1 || !l2) return l1 ? l1 : l2;
if (l1->val < l2->val) {
l1->next = mergeTwoLists(l1->next, l2);
return l1;
}
l2->next = mergeTwoLists(l1, l2->next);
return l2;
}