88. Merge Sorted Array Java (#82)

Added the solution to 'Merge Sorted Array' which is number 88 in LeetCode

Contributed by @avash-poudel

java/088_Merge_Sorted_Array.java

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+class Solution {
+    //we are being given two int arrays and two int variables that state the number of elements in each array, respectively
+    public void merge(int[] nums1, int m, int[] nums2, int n) {
+        //I am using a counter so that I can iterate through the second array inside the for loop
+        int counter = 0;
+        //We know that nums1 is of the size n + m, so we can add all the elements to the array and sort them later
+        //For loop adds all values of nums2 to the end of nums1
+        for(int i=m; i<nums1.length; i++){
+            nums1[i] = nums2[counter++];
+        }
+        //Now that all of the elements are in the array, we can begin the sort process
+        //Though we could use the Arrays.sort function to quickly sort the array, I wanted to implement a sorting algorithm myself
+        //I am implementing what's called a "Bubble Sorting Algorithm" to sort this array
+        //This should work best in our scenario as we don't have to work with a large list of numbers
+        for(int i=0; i<nums1.length; i++){
+            for(int j=0; j<nums1.length-i-1; j++){
+                if(nums1[j] > nums1[j+1]){
+                    int temp = nums1[j+1];
+                    nums1[j+1] = nums1[j];
+                    nums1[j] = temp;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        //The following function simply prints out everything that is contained within our num1 array
+        for(int i=0; i<nums1.length; i++){
+            System.out.println(nums1[i]);
+        }
+    }
+}