21 Merge Two Sorted Lists – Easy¶
Problem:¶
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.
Thoughts:¶
This is a very straightforward problem. Using a fakeHead pointer is solving a lot of troubles in many list problems. For this problem, you don’t have to use it. You could also solve the problem without using it.
Solutions:¶
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* public class ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode next;
* ListNode(int x) {
* val = x;
* next = null;
* }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
public ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
ListNode fakeNode = new ListNode(-1);
ListNode node = fakeNode;
while (l1 != null && l2 != null){
if (l1.val < l2.val){
node.next = l1;
l1 = l1.next;
node = node.next;
}//if
else{
node.next = l2;
l2 = l2.next;
node = node.next;
}//else
}//while l1 & l2
if (l1 != null){
node.next = l1;
}
else if (l2 != null){
node.next = l2;
}
return fakeNode.next;
}
}