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Merge k Sorted Lists

Updated: Jan 24, 2021

You are given an array of k linked-lists lists, each linked-list is sorted in ascending order.

Merge all the linked-lists into one sorted linked-list and return it.


Example 1:

Input: lists = [[1,4,5],[1,3,4],[2,6]]
Output: [1,1,2,3,4,4,5,6]
Explanation: The linked-lists are:
[
  1->4->5,
  1->3->4,
  2->6
]
merging them into one sorted list:
1->1->2->3->4->4->5->6

Example 2:

Input: lists = []
Output: []

Example 3:

Input: lists = [[]]
Output: []

Constraints:

  • k == lists.length

  • 0 <= k <= 10^4

  • 0 <= lists[i].length <= 500

  • -10^4 <= lists[i][j] <= 10^4

  • lists[i] is sorted in ascending order.

  • The sum of lists[i].length won't exceed 10^4.


Solution:

class Solution {
    public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) {
        PriorityQueue<Integer> minheap = new PriorityQueue<>();
        for(ListNode head:lists)
        {
            while(head!=null)
            {
                minheap.add(head.val);
                head=head.next;
            }
        }
        ListNode dummy = new ListNode(-1);
        ListNode head = dummy;
        while(!minheap.isEmpty())
        {
            head.next=new ListNode(minheap.remove());
            head=head.next;
        }
        return dummy.next;
    }
}

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