用索引数组记录每个list的位置的方法,在遇到链表数特别大的时候,会崩,因为要多次重复比较最小值
初版代码如下:

# 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[Optional[ListNode]]) -> Optional[ListNode]:
        head = cur = ListNode(val=0,next=None)
        idx = []
        for lis in lists:
            if lis:
                idx.append(lis)
        while idx:
            minIdx = 0
            for i in range(1,len(idx)):
                if idx[i].val < idx[minIdx].val:
                    minIdx = i
            cur.next = idx[minIdx]
            cur = cur.next

            idx[minIdx] = idx[minIdx].next
            if not idx[minIdx]:
                del idx[minIdx]
            
        return head.next

换成最小堆,问题解决。不过堆里面不能同时压入相同的元素,因此在元组第二个里面放了i,来使得每个进去的数都不一样

# 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[Optional[ListNode]]) -> Optional[ListNode]:
        head = cur = ListNode(val=0,next=None)
        idx = []
        heapq.heapify(idx)
        i = 0
        for lis in lists:
            if lis:
                i += 1
                heapq.heappush(idx,(lis.val,i,lis))
        while idx:
            val,_,node = heapq.heappop(idx)
            cur.next = node
            cur = cur.next
            
            node = node.next
            if node:
                i += 1
                heapq.heappush(idx,(node.val,i,node))
            
        return head.next

23. Merge k Sorted Lists刷题笔记_数组