2026/03/09

[LeetCode] 23 Merge k Sorted Lists

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/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode() : val(0), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x, ListNode *next) : val(x), next(next) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
  ListNode* mergeTwoLists(ListNode* list1, ListNode* list2) {
    ListNode* startNode = new ListNode(5566);
    ListNode* curNode = startNode;

    while (list1 != nullptr && list2 != nullptr) {
      if (list1->val <= list2->val) {
        curNode->next = list1;
        list1 = list1->next;
      }
      else {
        curNode->next = list2;
        list2 = list2->next;
      }
      curNode = curNode->next;
    }

    if (list1 != nullptr && list2 == nullptr)
      curNode->next = list1;
    else if (list1 == nullptr && list2 != nullptr)
      curNode->next = list2;

    return startNode->next;
  }
  
  ListNode* mergeKLists(vector<ListNode*>& lists) {
    if (lists.size() == 0)
      return nullptr;
    ListNode* head = lists[0];
    for (int i = 1; i < lists.size(); i++)
      head = mergeTwoLists(head, lists[i]);
    return head;
  }
};