Java Array Merge mergeStrings(String[] x, String[] y)

Description

merge Strings

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String[] mergeStrings(String[] x, String[] y) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

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

public class Main {
    public static String[] mergeStrings(String[] x, String[] y) {
        if (x == null)
            return y;
        if (y == null)
            return x;

        List<String> mergedList = new ArrayList<String>();
        int xp = 0, yp = 0;
        while (xp < x.length && yp < y.length) {
            if (x[xp].compareTo(y[yp]) < 0) {
                mergedList.add(x[xp++]);
            } else if (x[xp].compareTo(y[yp]) > 0) {
                mergedList.add(y[yp++]);
            } else {
                mergedList.add(x[xp]);// w w  w .java 2s . c om
                xp++;
                yp++;
            }
        }
        while (xp < x.length) {
            mergedList.add(x[xp++]);
        }
        while (yp < y.length) {
            mergedList.add(y[yp++]);
        }
        return mergedList.toArray(new String[0]);
    }
}

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