Gist / September 4, 2023 / 2 mins read / By Mahi Garg

Merge Sorted Array - LeetCode : Swift

Merge Sorted Array - LeetCode

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:

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:

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:

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.

Constraints:

nums1.length == m + n nums2.length == n 0 <= m, n <= 200 1 <= m + n <= 200 -109 <= nums1[i], nums2[j] <= 109

Solution

class Solution {
    func merge(_ nums1: inout [Int], _ m: Int, _ nums2: [Int], _ n: Int) {
        var result: [Int] = []
        var c1 = 0
        var c2 = 0

        for _ in 0...(m + n ) {
            if c1 == m {
                result.append(contentsOf: nums2[c2..<n])
                break
            } else if c2 == n {
                result.append(contentsOf: nums1[c1..<m])
                break
            } else if nums1[c1] <= nums2[c2] {
                result.append(nums1[c1])
                c1 += 1
            } else if nums2[c2] < nums1[c1] {
                result.append(nums2[c2])
                c2 += 1
            }
        }
        nums1 = result
    }
}