feat(work): add solution for LeetCode 23 Merge k Sorted Lists

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23. Merge k Sorted Lists
Difficulty: Hard
https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-k-sorted-lists/
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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:
Input: lists = [[1,4,5],[1,3,4],[2,6]]
Output: [1,1,2,3,4,4,5,6]
Explanation: The linked-lists are:
[
1->4->5,
1->3->4,
2->6
]
merging them into one sorted linked list:
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.
"""
# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode:
# def __init__(self, val=0, next=None):
# self.val = val
# self.next = next
import heapq
class Solution:
def mergeKLists(self, lists: List[Optional[ListNode]]) -> Optional[ListNode]:
heap = []
# K log K
for i, node in enumerate(lists):
if node:
heapq.heappush(heap, (node.val, i, node))
D = ListNode()
cur = D
# n log k
while heap:
val, i, node = heapq.heappop(heap)
cur.next = node
cur = node
node = node.next
if node:
heapq.heappush(heap, (node.val, i, node))
# Time: O(N log k)
# Space: O(n)
return D.next