Merge Sorted Array

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.
  • The last n elements are set to 0 and should be ignored.

nums2 has a length of n.

Follow up: Can you come up with an algorithm that runs in O(m + n) time?

Example 1
Inputnums1 = [1,2,3,0,0,0], m = 3, nums2 = [2,5,6], n = 3
Output[1,2,2,3,5,6]
The arrays being merged are [1, 2, 3] and [2, 5, 6], resulting in [1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 6].
Example 2
Inputnums1 = [1], m = 1, nums2 = [], n = 0
Output[1]
The arrays being merged are [1] and [], so the result remains [1].

Constraints

  • nums1.length == m + n
  • nums2.length == n
  • 0 <= m, n <= 200
  • 1 <= m + n <= 200
  • -10^9 <= nums1[i], nums2[j] <= 10^9

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