Merge Two Sorted Lists

Posted by Bill on March 11, 2023

Merge Two Sorted Lists

You are given the heads of two sorted linked lists list1 and list2.

Merge the two lists in a one sorted list. The list should be made by splicing together the nodes of the first two lists.

Return the head of the merged linked list.

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Example 1:
Input: list1 = [1,2,4], list2 = [1,3,4]
Output: [1,1,2,3,4,4]
Example 2:

Input: list1 = [], list2 = []
Output: []
Example 3:

Input: list1 = [], list2 = [0]
Output: [0]

C++ Solution

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ListNode* mergeTwoLists(ListNode* list1, ListNode* list2) {
  if (list1 == nullptr) {
    return list2;
  } else if (list2 == nullptr) {
    return list1;
  }
  ListNode* head;
  if (list1->val <= list2->val) {
    head = list1;
    head->next = mergeTwoLists(list1->next, list2);
  } else {
    head = list2;
    head->next = mergeTwoLists(list1, list2->next);
  }
  return head;
}