Problem: Merge Sorted Array

Understand how to merge two sorted arrays into a single sorted array using the k-way merge method. This lesson guides you through the problem constraints and practical implementation to help you apply this common coding interview pattern effectively.

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.

Problem: Merge Sorted Array

Statement

Your task is to merge the elements of nums2 into nums1 so that nums1 becomes a single array sorted in non-decreasing order.

Problem: Merge Sorted Array

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Problem: Merge Sorted Array

Statement

Examples

Understand the problem

Figure it out!

Try it yourself