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added question about merge sorted array
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b-izad committed Jun 16, 2023
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'''88. Merge Sorted Array
Easy
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.'''
class Solution:
def merge(self, nums1: List[int], m: int, nums2: List[int], n: int) -> None:

# two get pointers for nums1 and nums2
p1 = m - 1
p2 = n - 1
# set pointer for nums1
p = m + n - 1

# while there are still elements to compare
while p1 >= 0 and p2 >= 0:
if nums1[p1] < nums2[p2]:
nums1[p] = nums2[p2]
p2 -= 1
else:
nums1[p] = nums1[p1]
p1 -= 1
p -= 1

# add missing elements from nums2
nums1[:p2 + 1] = nums2[:p2 + 1]




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