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Merge Two Sorted Lists

Created: October 25, 2018 by [lek-tin]

Last updated: October 25, 2018

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

Solution:

/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * public class ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode next;
 *     ListNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    public ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
        if (l1 == null) return l2;
        if (l2 == null) return l1;

        ListNode dummy = new ListNode(0);
        ListNode temp = dummy;

        while (l1 != null && l2 != null) {
            if (l1.val < l2.val) {
                temp.next = l1;
                l1 = l1.next;
            } else {
                temp.next = l2;
                l2 = l2.next;
            }
            temp = temp.next;
        }

        if (l1 != null) {
            temp.next = l1;
        }

        if (l2 != null) {
            temp.next = l2;
        }

        return dummy.next;
    }
}

# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode:
#     def __init__(self, x):
#         self.val = x
#         self.next = None

class Solution:
    def mergeTwoLists(self, l1: ListNode, l2: ListNode) -> ListNode:
        if not l1:
            return l2
        if not l2:
            return l1

        dummy = ListNode(0)
        head = dummy

        while l1 and l2:
            if l1.val < l2.val:
                head.next = l1
                l1 = l1.next
            else:
                head.next = l2
                l2 = l2.next
            head = head.next

        if l1:
            head.next = l1
        if l2:
            head.next = l2

        return dummy.next