package DataStructures.Lists;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/** @author https://github.com/shellhub */
public class MergeSortedArrayList {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    List<Integer> listA = new ArrayList<>();
    List<Integer> listB = new ArrayList<>();
    List<Integer> listC = new ArrayList<>();

    /* init ListA and List B */
    for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i += 2) {
      listA.add(i); /* listA: [1, 3, 5, 7, 9]  */
      listB.add(i + 1); /* listB: [2, 4, 6, 8, 10] */
    }

    /* merge listA and listB to listC */
    merge(listA, listB, listC);

    System.out.println("listA: " + listA);
    System.out.println("listB: " + listB);
    System.out.println("listC: " + listC);
  }

  /**
   * merge two sorted ArrayList
   *
   * @param listA the first list to merge
   * @param listB the second list to merge
   * @param listC the result list after merging
   */
  public static void merge(List<Integer> listA, List<Integer> listB, List<Integer> listC) {
    int pa = 0; /* the index of listA */
    int pb = 0; /* the index of listB */

    while (pa < listA.size() && pb < listB.size()) {
      if (listA.get(pa) <= listB.get(pb)) {
        listC.add(listA.get(pa++));
      } else {
        listC.add(listB.get(pb++));
      }
    }

    /* copy left element of listA to listC */
    while (pa < listA.size()) {
      listC.add(listA.get(pa++));
    }

    /* copy left element of listB to listC */
    while (pb < listB.size()) {
      listC.add(listB.get(pb++));
    }
  }
}

MergeSortedArrayList