Merge k Sorted Lists

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.

Example 1
[1] -> [4] -> [5] -> null
[1] -> [3] -> [4] -> null
[2] -> [6] -> null
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[1] -> [1] -> [2] -> [3] -> [4] -> [4] -> [5] -> [6] -> null
Inputlists = [[1,4,5],[1,3,4],[2,6]]
Output[1,1,2,3,4,4,5,6]
Merging the three sorted linked lists produces one sorted list containing all values.
Example 2
null
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null
Inputlists = []
Output[]
There are no linked lists to merge, so the result is an empty list.

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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