将两个有序链表合并为一个新的有序链表并返回。新链表是通过拼接给定的两个链表的所有节点组成的。

示例:

输入:1->2->4, 1->3->4
输出:1->1->2->3->4->4

代码1:递归法

def mergeTwoLists(self,l1,l2):
    if l1 is None:        #如果为空
        return l2         #返回链表l2
    elif l2 is None:      #如果l2为空
        return l1         #返回l1
    elif l1.val < l2.val: #如果链表1上的值比链表2上的值小
        l1.next = self.mergeTwoLists(l1.next,l2) #那么把当前小的
                                      #结点的后继指向作为剩下结点的头结点
        return l1 
    else:
        l2.next = self.mergeTwoLists(l1,l2.next) #同上
        return l2

通常做法:

    def mergeTwoLists(self,l1,l2):
    #maintain an unchanging reference to node ahead of the return node.
    prehead = ListNode(-1)
    prev = prehead #prev为游动指针
    while l1 and l2:
        if l1.val <= l2.val:
            prev.next = l1 #游动指针为后继结点为l1
            l1 = l1.next #l1指针移到下一个位置
        else:
            prev.next = l2
            l2 = l2.next
        prev = prev.next #游动指针往后移动一个位置
    #exactly one of l1 and l2 can be non-null at this point, so connect
    #the non-null list to the end of merged list.
    prev.next = l1 if l1 is not None else l2

    return prehead.next