You are given two integer arrays nums1 and nums2, sorted in non-decreasing order, and two integers m and n, representing the number of elements in nums1 and nums2 respectively.
Merge nums1 and nums2 into a single array sorted in non-decreasing order.
The final sorted array should not be returned by the function, but instead be stored inside the array nums1. To accommodate this, nums1 has a length of m + n, where the first m elements denote the elements that should be merged, and the last n elements are set to 0 and should be ignored. nums2 has a length of n.
Input: nums1 = [1,2,3,0,0,0], m = 3, nums2 = [2,5,6], n = 3
Output: [1,2,2,3,5,6]
Explanation: The arrays we are merging are [1,2,3] and [2,5,6]. The result of the merge is [1,2,2,3,5,6] with the underlined elements coming from nums1.
Input: nums1 = [1], m = 1, nums2 = [], n = 0
Output: [1]
Explanation: The arrays we are merging are [1] and []. The result of the merge is [1].
Input: nums1 = [0], m = 0, nums2 = [1], n = 1
Output: [1]
Explanation: The arrays we are merging are [] and [1]. The result of the merge is [1]. Note that because m = 0, there are no elements in nums1. The 0 is only there to ensure the merge result can fit in nums1.
nums1.length == m + nnums2.length == n0 <= m, n <= 2001 <= m + n <= 200-109 <= nums1[i], nums2[j] <= 109Since nums1 has extra space at the end, we can merge from the end to avoid overwriting elements in nums1. By using three pointers, one for the last element of the merged array, one for the last element of the valid part of nums1, and one for the last element of nums2, we can fill nums1 from the end in a single pass.
i at the last valid element of nums1 (index m-1), j at the last element of nums2 (index n-1), and k at the last position of nums1 (index m+n-1).i and j are within bounds, compare nums1[i] and nums2[j]. Place the larger element at nums1[k] and decrement the corresponding pointer and k.nums2 (i.e., j >= 0), copy them to the front of nums1 using the same k pointer.class Solution {
public:
void merge(vector<int>& nums1, int m, vector<int>& nums2, int n) {
int i = m - 1, j = n - 1, k = m + n - 1;
while (i >= 0 && j >= 0) {
if (nums1[i] > nums2[j]) {
nums1[k--] = nums1[i--];
} else {
nums1[k--] = nums2[j--];
}
}
while (j >= 0) {
nums1[k--] = nums2[j--];
}
}
};class Solution {
public void merge(int[] nums1, int m, int[] nums2, int n) {
int i = m - 1, j = n - 1, k = m + n - 1;
while (i >= 0 && j >= 0) {
if (nums1[i] > nums2[j]) {
nums1[k--] = nums1[i--];
} else {
nums1[k--] = nums2[j--];
}
}
while (j >= 0) {
nums1[k--] = nums2[j--];
}
}
}class Solution:
def merge(self, nums1, m, nums2, n):
i, j, k = m - 1, n - 1, m + n - 1
while i >= 0 and j >= 0:
if nums1[i] > nums2[j]:
nums1[k] = nums1[i]
i -= 1
else:
nums1[k] = nums2[j]
j -= 1
k -= 1
while j >= 0:
nums1[k] = nums2[j]
j -= 1
k -= 1class Solution {
merge(nums1, m, nums2, n) {
let i = m - 1, j = n - 1, k = m + n - 1;
while (i >= 0 && j >= 0) {
if (nums1[i] > nums2[j]) {
nums1[k--] = nums1[i--];
} else {
nums1[k--] = nums2[j--];
}
}
while (j >= 0) {
nums1[k--] = nums2[j--];
}
}
}Time Complexity: O(m + n), because we are merging two arrays of sizes m and n in a single pass.
Space Complexity: O(1), as we are merging in-place without using any additional space (except for a few variables).
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