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Solution: Smallest Range Covering Elements from K Lists

Explore how to find the smallest range covering at least one element from each of k sorted lists by using a min heap to track current elements. Understand how to update ranges dynamically and efficiently process lists to get the optimal result within O(n log k) time. This lesson helps you apply a heap-based approach to solve range problems in coding interviews.

Statement

You are given kk sorted lists of integers, nums, where each list in nums is in non-decreasing order. Your task is to find the smallest range that contains at least one element from each of the kk lists.

A range [a,b][a,b] is considered smaller than another range [c,d][c,d] if ...