23.合并K个升序链表

1.每次合并两个，合并K次。

public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) {
        ListNode ans = null;
        for (int i = 0; i < lists.length; ++i) {
            ans = mergeTwoLists(ans, lists[i]);
        }
        return ans;
    }

    public ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode a, ListNode b) {
        if (a == null || b == null) {
            return a != null ? a : b;
        }
        ListNode head = new ListNode(0);
        ListNode tail = head, aPtr = a, bPtr = b;
        while (aPtr != null && bPtr != null) {
            if (aPtr.val < bPtr.val) {
                tail.next = aPtr;
                aPtr = aPtr.next;
            } else {
                tail.next = bPtr;
                bPtr = bPtr.next;
            }
            tail = tail.next;
        }
        tail.next = (aPtr != null ? aPtr : bPtr);
        return head.next;
    }

2.分治法，相邻的两两合并，每次合并链表个数减少一半。

public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) {
        return merge(lists, 0, lists.length - 1);
    }

    public ListNode merge(ListNode[] lists, int l, int r) {
        if (l == r) {
            return lists[l];
        }
        if (l > r) {
            return null;
        }
        int mid = (l + r) >> 1;
        return mergeTwoLists(merge(lists, l, mid), merge(lists, mid + 1, r));
    }

    public ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode a, ListNode b) {
        if (a == null || b == null) {
            return a != null ? a : b;
        }
        ListNode head = new ListNode(0);
        ListNode tail = head, aPtr = a, bPtr = b;
        while (aPtr != null && bPtr != null) {
            if (aPtr.val < bPtr.val) {
                tail.next = aPtr;
                aPtr = aPtr.next;
            } else {
                tail.next = bPtr;
                bPtr = bPtr.next;
            }
            tail = tail.next;
        }
        tail.next = (aPtr != null ? aPtr : bPtr);
        return head.next;
    }
}