class ListNode: def __init__(self, data, next = None): self.val = data self.next = next def make_list(elements): head = ListNode(elements[0]) for element in elements[1:]: ptr = head while ptr.next: ptr = ptr.next ptr.next = ListNode(element) return head def print_list(head): ptr = head print('[', end = "") while ptr: print(ptr.val, end = ", ") ptr = ptr.next print(']') class Solution: def mergeTwoLists(self, l1, l2): """ :type l1: ListNode :type l2: ListNode :rtype: ListNode """ if not l1: return l2 if not l2: return l1 if(l1.val<=l2.val): l1.next = self.mergeTwoLists(l1.next,l2) return l1 else: l2.next = self.mergeTwoLists(l1,l2.next) return l2 head1 = make_list([1,2,4,7]) head2 = make_list([1,3,4,5,6,8]) ob1 = Solution() head3 = ob1.mergeTwoLists(head1,head2) print_list(head3)