pseudo algo:

=>array idx[0...k-1] .... indicates the current pointer position in the ith
stream(initialized to 0).
=>heap tree of size k where each node stores value of the data and value of
stream which the node belongs to.

do{
   for all i = 0:k-1
      =>insert idx[i] value of ith stream to the heap

   =>take the root element of the heap and put it in the output stream.
   =>idx[m]++ where m is the stream value stored at the root.

} while(true);



On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 12:15 AM, aditya kumar <aditya.kumar130...@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Given k sorted streams where each stream could possibly be infinite in
> length, describe an efficient algorithm to merge the k streams into a new
> stream (also in sorted order).
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