21. 合并两个有序链表

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方案一: 递归

var mergeTwoLists = function(l1, l2) {
    if (l1 === null) {
        return l2;
    } else if (l2 === null) {
        return l1;
    } else if (l1.val < l2.val) {
        l1.next = mergeTwoLists(l1.next, l2);
        return l1;
    } else {
        l2.next = mergeTwoLists(l1, l2.next);
        return l2;
    }
};

方案二: 迭代

var mergeTwoLists = function(l1, l2) {
    const prehead = new ListNode(-1);

    let prev = prehead;
    while (l1 != null && l2 != null) {
        if (l1.val <= l2.val) {
            prev.next = l1;
            l1 = l1.next;
        } else {
            prev.next = l2;
            l2 = l2.next;
        }
        prev = prev.next;
    }

    // 合并后 l1 和 l2 最多只有一个还未被合并完，我们直接将链表末尾指向未合并完的链表即可
    prev.next = l1 === null ? l2 : l1;

    return prehead.next;
};