merge-sorted-array.java

class Solution {
  public void merge(int[] nums1, int m, int[] nums2, int n) {
    // two get pointers for nums1 and nums2
    int p1 = m - 1;
    int p2 = n - 1;
    // set pointer for nums1
    int p = m + n - 1;

    // while there are still elements to compare
    while ((p1 >= 0) && (p2 >= 0))
      // compare two elements from nums1 and nums2 
      // and add the largest one in nums1 
      nums1[p--] = (nums1[p1] < nums2[p2]) ? nums2[p2--] : nums1[p1--];

    // add missing elements from nums2
    System.arraycopy(nums2, 0, nums1, 0, p2 + 1);
  }
}