88 Merge Sorted Array (short circuiting)
Question:
Given two sorted integer arrays nums1 and nums2, merge nums2 into nums1 as one sorted array.
Note: You may assume that nums1 has enough space (size that is greater or equal to m + n) to hold additional elements from nums2. The number of elements initialized in nums1 and nums2 are m and n respectively.
Lesson Learned
if (i >= 0 && nums1[i] > nums2[j]) { // short circuiting
nums1[pos--] = nums1[i--];
Code
However, still too long
public class Solution {
public void merge(int[] nums1, int m, int[] nums2, int n) {
int i = m - 1, j = n - 1;
int pos = m + n - 1;
while (i >= 0 && j >= 0) {
if (nums2[j] > nums1[i]) {
nums1[pos--] = nums2[j];
j--;
} else {
nums1[pos--] = nums1[i];
i--;
}
}
if (j >= 0) {
for (int k = 0; k <= j; k++) {
nums1[k] = nums2[k];
}
}
}
}
updated:
public class Solution {
public void merge(int[] nums1, int m, int[] nums2, int n) {
int i = m - 1, j = n - 1;
int pos = m + n - 1;
while (j >= 0) {
if (i >= 0 && nums1[i] > nums2[j]) { // short circuitint
nums1[pos--] = nums1[i--];
} else {
nums1[pos--] = nums2[j--];
}
}
}
}
updated:
public class Solution {
public void merge(int[] nums1, int m, int[] nums2, int n) {
while (m > 0 && n > 0) {
if (nums1[m - 1] < nums2[n - 1]) {
nums1[m + n - 1] = nums2[n - 1];
n--;
} else {
nums1[m + n - 1] = nums1[m - 1];
m--;
}
}
if (m == 0) {
while (n > 0) {
nums1[n - 1] = nums2[n - 1];
n--;
}
}
}
}