Merge Sorted Array

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88.Merge Sorted Array

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.

Example 1:

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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.

Example 2:

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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].

Example 3:

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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.

个人解答：

时间复杂度：O((m+n)log(m+n))（套用快速排序）

空间复杂度：O(1)

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void merge(vector<int>& nums1, int m, vector<int>& nums2, int n) {
    for (int i = 0; i != n; ++i) {
        nums1[m + i] = nums2[i];
    }
    sort(nums1.begin(), nums1.end());
}

逆向双指针：

时间复杂度：O(m+n)。

空间复杂度：O(1)

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void merge(vector<int>& nums1, int m, vector<int>& nums2, int n) {
    int p1 = m - 1, p2 = n - 1;
    int tail = m + n - 1;
    int cur;
    while (p1 >= 0 || p2 >= 0) {
        if (p1 == -1) {
            cur = nums2[p2--];
        } else if (p2 == -1) {
            cur = nums1[p1--];
        } else if (nums1[p1] > nums2[p2]) {
            cur = nums1[p1--];
        } else {
            cur = nums2[p2--];
        }
        nums1[tail--] = cur;
    }
}