问题描述
Given two sorted integer arrays nums1 and nums2, merge nums2 into nums1 as one sorted array.
Note:
The number of elements initialized in nums1 and nums2 are m and n respectively. You may assume that nums1 has enough space (size that is greater or equal to m + n) to hold additional elements from nums2. Example:
Input: nums1 = [1,2,3,0,0,0], m = 3 nums2 = [2,5,6], n = 3
Output: [1,2,2,3,5,6]
解决思路
首先,两个数组nums1和nums2是已经排序好的。所以思路就是从nums1和nums2末尾元素(nums1下标为m-1的是末尾元素)开始比较,较大者放入数组最后面,依次类推。当其中一个数组下标小于0时,则剩下数组的全部元素应该都是最小的,所以直接依次放入nums1最前面就完成了。
问题解惑
为什么最后注释掉一个while?
因为没必要把i中最前面的元素再赋值给本身,多此一举啦!
代码
package leetcode;
public class MergeSortedArray {
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];
i--;
k--;
}else{
nums1[k] = nums2[j];
j--;
k--;
}
}
//i < 0
while (j >= 0){
nums1[k] = nums2[j];
j--;
k--;
}
//j < 0
/*while (i >= 0){
nums1[k] = nums1[i];
i--;
k--;
}*/
}
}