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45 changes: 45 additions & 0 deletions Data-Structures/Linked-List/MergeTwoSortedLinkedLists.js
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import { LinkedList } from './SinglyLinkedList.js'
/**
* A LinkedList-based solution for merging two sorted linked lists into one sorted list.
*
* @param {LinkedList} list1 - The the first sorted linked list.
* @param {LinkedList} list2 - The second sorted linked list.
* @returns {LinkedList} - The merged sorted linked list.
*
* @example
* const list1 = new LinkedList([1,2,4]);
*
* const list2 = new LinkedList([1,3,4]);
*
* const result = mergeLinkedLists(list1, list2);
* // Returns the merged linked list representing 1 -> 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 4
*/

function mergeLinkedLists(list1, list2) {
const mergedList = new LinkedList()

let current1 = list1.headNode
let current2 = list2.headNode

while (current1 || current2) {
if (!current1) {
mergedList.addLast(current2.data)
current2 = current2.next
} else if (!current2) {
mergedList.addLast(current1.data)
current1 = current1.next
} else {
if (current1.data < current2.data) {
mergedList.addLast(current1.data)
current1 = current1.next
} else {
mergedList.addLast(current2.data)
current2 = current2.next
}
}
}

return mergedList
}

export { mergeLinkedLists }
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import { expect } from 'vitest'
import { mergeLinkedLists } from '../MergeTwoSortedLinkedLists.js'
import { LinkedList } from '../SinglyLinkedList.js'

describe('MergeTwoSortedLinkedLists', () => {
it('Merges two sorted linked lists', () => {
const list1 = new LinkedList([1, 2, 4])

const list2 = new LinkedList([1, 3, 4])

const expectedResult = new LinkedList([1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4])

const result = mergeLinkedLists(list1, list2)

expect(result).toEqual(expectedResult)
})

it('Merges two empty linked lists', () => {
const list1 = new LinkedList()
const list2 = new LinkedList()

const expectedResult = new LinkedList()

const result = mergeLinkedLists(list1, list2)

expect(result).toEqual(expectedResult)
})

it('Merges one empty linked list with a non-empty one', () => {
const list1 = new LinkedList()
const list2 = new LinkedList([1])

const expectedResult = new LinkedList([1])

const result = mergeLinkedLists(list1, list2)

expect(result).toEqual(expectedResult)
})
})