Question

I need to first access and then compare elements from two separate lists and based on whichever element has the smaller value, remove the lesser element and assign it a position within a third list. How do I accomplish this?

Answer 1

I believe you can just add the elements of both the list in a new list of one of the list and then sort it in ascending order e.g. below(pseudo code):

    List<Integer> list1 = Arrays.asList(2,4,5);
    List<Integer> list2 = Arrays.asList(2,6,8,9,12,56);

    List<Integer> mergedList = new ArrayList<Integer>();
    mergedList.addAll(list1);
    mergedList.addAll(list2);
    Collections.sort(mergedList);

Now mergedList should have sorted elements.