Solution: Merge Sorted Array
Explore how to efficiently merge two sorted integer arrays into one sorted array using a backward traversal k-way merge technique. Understand how to use multiple pointers to maintain time and space efficiency while combining the arrays in place. This lesson helps you master an optimal algorithm crucial for coding interviews.
Statement
You are given two integer arrays, nums1 and nums2, both sorted in non-decreasing order. You are also given two integers, m and n, representing the number of elements in nums1 and nums2, respectively.
Your task is to merge the elements of nums2 into nums1 so that nums1 becomes a single array sorted in non-decreasing order.
The merged result is stored in nums1, which has a total length of m + n. The first m positions contain the initial elements, the last n positions are placeholders (initialized to 0), and nums2 contains the n elements to merge.
Constraints:
nums1.lengthnums2.length