Merge two sorted linked lists and return it as a new list. The new list should be made by splicing together the nodes of the first two lists.

Iterative

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/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * public class ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode next;
 *     ListNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
    public ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
        if (l1 == null)
            return l2;
        if (l2 == null)
            return l1;
        
        ListNode dummy = new ListNode(0);
        ListNode cur = dummy;
        while (l1 != null && l2 != null){
            if (l1.val < l2.val){
                cur.next = l1;
                l1 = l1.next;
            }else{
                cur.next = l2;
                l2 = l2.next;
            }
            cur = cur.next;
        }
        if (l1 != null){
            cur.next = l1;
        }else{
            cur.next = l2;
        }
        return dummy.next;
    }
}

Recursive

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public class Solution {
    public ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
        if (l1 == null) return l2;
        if (l2 == null) return l1;
        
        if (l1.val < l2.val){
            l1.next = mergeTwoLists(l1.next, l2);
            return l1;
        }else{
            l2.next = mergeTwoLists(l1, l2.next);
            return l2;
        }
    }
}