- Difficulty: Hard
- Tags: LeetCode, Hard, Greedy, Array, Hash Table, Sorting, Sliding Window, Heap (Priority Queue), leetcode-632
Problem
You have k
lists of sorted integers in non-decreasing order. Find the smallest range that includes at least one number from each of the k
lists.
We define the range [a, b]
is smaller than range [c, d]
if b - a < d - c
or a < c
if b - a == d - c
.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [[4,10,15,24,26],[0,9,12,20],[5,18,22,30]] Output: [20,24] Explanation: List 1: [4, 10, 15, 24,26], 24 is in range [20,24]. List 2: [0, 9, 12, 20], 20 is in range [20,24]. List 3: [5, 18, 22, 30], 22 is in range [20,24].
Example 2:
Input: nums = [[1,2,3],[1,2,3],[1,2,3]] Output: [1,1]
Constraints:
nums.length == k
1 <= k <= 3500
1 <= nums[i].length <= 50
-105 <= nums[i][j] <= 105
nums[i]
is sorted in non-decreasing order.