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Hard#23
LeetCode Problem

Merge k Sorted Lists

Problem Statement

You are given an array of k linked-lists lists, each linked-list is sorted in ascending order. Merge all the linked-lists into one sorted linked-list and return it.

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Examples

# Example 1

Input
lists = [[1,4,5],[1,3,4],[2,6]]
Output
[1,1,2,3,4,4,5,6]

# Example 2

Input
lists = []
Output
[]

# Example 3

Input
lists = [[]]
Output
[]

Constraints

k == lists.length
0 <= k <= 10^4
0 <= lists[i].length <= 500
-10^4 <= lists[i][j] <= 10^4
lists[i] is sorted in ascending order.
The sum of lists[i].length will not exceed 10^4.

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