23. 合并K个升序链表

给你一个链表数组，每个链表都已经按升序排列。
请你将所有链表合并到一个升序链表中，返回合并后的链表。

示例 1：

输入：lists = [[1,4,5],[1,3,4],[2,6]]
输出：[1,1,2,3,4,4,5,6]
解释：链表数组如下：
[
1->4->5,
1->3->4,
2->6
]
将它们合并到一个有序链表中得到。
1->1->2->3->4->4->5->6

示例 2：

输入：lists = []
输出：[]

示例 3：

输入：lists = [[]]
输出：[]

提示：

• k == lists.length
• 0 <= k <= 10^4
• 0 <= lists[i].length <= 500
• -10^4 <= lists[i][j] <= 10^4
• lists[i] 按 升序 排列
• lists[i].length 的总和不超过 10^4

优先级队列

# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, next=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.next = next
class Solution:
    def mergeKLists(self, lists: List[ListNode]) -> ListNode:
        import heapq
        ans = ListNode(0)
        p = ans
        head = []
        for i in range(len(lists)):
            if lists[i] :
                heapq.heappush(head, (lists[i].val, i))
                lists[i] = lists[i].next
        while head:
            val, idx = heapq.heappop(head)
            p.next = ListNode(val)
            p = p.next
            if lists[idx]:
                heapq.heappush(head, (lists[idx].val, idx))
                lists[idx] = lists[idx].next
        return ans.next

分而治之

链表两两合并

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

class Solution:
    def mergeKLists(self, lists: List[ListNode]) -> ListNode:
        if not lists:return 
        n = len(lists)
        return self.merge(lists, 0, n-1)
    def merge(self,lists, left, right):
        if left == right:
            return lists[left]
        mid = left + (right - left) // 2
        l1 = self.merge(lists, left, mid)
        l2 = self.merge(lists, mid+1, right)
        return self.mergeTwoLists(l1, l2)
    def mergeTwoLists(self,l1, l2):
        if not l1:return l2
        if not l2:return l1
        if l1.val < l2.val:
            l1.next = self.mergeTwoLists(l1.next, l2)
            return l1
        else:
            l2.next = self.mergeTwoLists(l1, l2.next)
            return l2