Merge Two Sorted Lists

Problem Statement

You are given the heads of two sorted linked lists list1 and list2.

Merge the two lists in a one sorted list. The list should be made by splicing together the nodes of the first two lists.

Return the head of the merged linked list.

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Example 1:

Input: list1 = [1,2,4], list2 = [1,3,4]
Output: [1,1,2,3,4,4]

Example 2:

Input: list1 = [], list2 = []
Output: []

Example 3:

Input: list1 = [], list2 = [0]
Output: [0]

Constraints:

• The number of nodes in both lists is in the range [0, 50].
• -100 <= Node.val <= 100
• Both list1 and list2 are sorted in non-decreasing order.

Code

Python

class Solution:
    def mergeTwoLists(self, list1: Optional[ListNode], list2: Optional[ListNode]) -> Optional[ListNode]:
        cur = dummy = ListNode()
        while list1 and list2:
            if list1.val < list2.val:
                cur.next = list1
                list1, cur = list1.next, list1
            else:
                cur.next = list2
                list2, cur = list2.next, list2

        if list1 or list2:
            cur.next = list1 if list1 else list2

        return dummy.next