You are given two integer arrays nums1 and nums2 sorted in ascending order and an integer k. 


Define a pair (u,v) which consists of one element from the first array and one element from the second array.

Find the k pairs (u1,v1),(u2,v2) ...(uk,vk) with the smallest sums.


Example 1:

Given nums1 = [1,7,11], nums2 = [2,4,6],  k = 3

Return: [1,2],[1,4],[1,6]

The first 3 pairs are returned from the sequence:
[1,2],[1,4],[1,6],[7,2],[7,4],[11,2],[7,6],[11,4],[11,6]



Example 2:

Given nums1 = [1,1,2], nums2 = [1,2,3],  k = 2

Return: [1,1],[1,1]

The first 2 pairs are returned from the sequence:
[1,1],[1,1],[1,2],[2,1],[1,2],[2,2],[1,3],[1,3],[2,3]



Example 3:

Given nums1 = [1,2], nums2 = [3],  k = 3 

Return: [1,3],[2,3]

All possible pairs are returned from the sequence:
[1,3],[2,3]



Credits:Special thanks to @elmirap and @StefanPochmann for adding this problem and creating all test cases.

Difficulty: MEDIUM_HARD
Tags: Data structures
Skill types: Data structures

Starter code:
class Solution:
    def kSmallestPairs(self, nums1: List[int], nums2: List[int], k: int) -> List[List[int]]:
        

Solutions:
class Solution:

	def kSmallestPairs(self, nums1, nums2, k):
		queue = []

		def push(i, j):
			if i < len(nums1) and j < len(nums2):
				heapq.heappush(queue, [nums1[i] + nums2[j], i, j])
		push(0, 0)
		pairs = []
		while queue and len(pairs) < k:
			(_, i, j) = heapq.heappop(queue)
			pairs.append([nums1[i], nums2[j]])
			push(i, j + 1)
			if j == 0:
				push(i + 1, 0)
		return pairs


class Solution:

	def kSmallestPairs(self, nums1, nums2, k):
		if not nums1 or not nums2 or k < 1:
			return []
		(n1, n2) = (len(nums1), len(nums2))
		stack = [(nums1[0] + nums2[0], (0, 0))]
		visited = set()
		res = []
		while len(res) < k and stack:
			(num, (p1, p2)) = heapq.heappop(stack)
			res.append([nums1[p1], nums2[p2]])
			if p1 + 1 < n1 and (p1 + 1, p2) not in visited:
				heapq.heappush(stack, (nums1[p1 + 1] + nums2[p2], (p1 + 1, p2)))
				visited.add((p1 + 1, p2))
			if p2 + 1 < n2 and (p1, p2 + 1) not in visited:
				heapq.heappush(stack, (nums1[p1] + nums2[p2 + 1], (p1, p2 + 1)))
				visited.add((p1, p2 + 1))
		return res


class Solution:

	def kSmallestPairs(self, nums1, nums2, k):
		if not nums1 or not nums2:
			return []
		queue = [(nums1[0] + nums2[0], 0, 0)]
		ans = []
		while queue and len(ans) < k:
			(_, i, j) = heapq.heappop(queue)
			ans.append([nums1[i], nums2[j]])
			if j + 1 < len(nums2):
				heapq.heappush(queue, (nums1[i] + nums2[j + 1], i, j + 1))
			if j == 0 and i + 1 < len(nums1):
				heapq.heappush(queue, (nums1[i + 1] + nums2[j], i + 1, j))
		return ans


class Solution(object):

	def kSmallestPairs(self, nums1, nums2, k, heap=[]):
		for n1 in nums1:
			for n2 in nums2:
				if len(heap) < k:
					heapq.heappush(heap, (-n1 - n2, [n1, n2]))
				elif heap and -heap[0][0] > n1 + n2:
					heapq.heappop(heap)
					heapq.heappush(heap, (-n1 - n2, [n1, n2]))
				else:
					break
		return [heapq.heappop(heap)[1] for _ in range(k) if heap]


class Solution:

	def kSmallestPairs(self, nums1, nums2, k):
		q = []

		def push(i, j):
			if i < len(nums1) and j < len(nums2):
				heapq.heappush(q, [nums1[i] + nums2[j], i, j])
		push(0, 0)
		res = []
		while q and len(res) < k:
			(s, i, j) = heapq.heappop(q)
			res.append([nums1[i], nums2[j]])
			push(i, j + 1)
			if j == 0:
				push(i + 1, 0)
		return res


class Solution:

	def kSmallestPairs(self, nums1, nums2, k):
		result = []
		import heapq
		m = len(nums1)
		n = len(nums2)
		if m * n > 0:
			used = [[0 for _ in range(n)] for _ in range(m)]
			used[0][0] = 1
			h = [(nums1[0] + nums2[0], (0, 0))]
			while k > 0 and h:
				(_, (s1, s2)) = heapq.heappop(h)
				result.append([nums1[s1], nums2[s2]])
				if s1 + 1 < m and used[s1 + 1][s2] == 0:
					heapq.heappush(h, (nums1[s1 + 1] + nums2[s2], (s1 + 1, s2)))
					used[s1 + 1][s2] = 1
				if s2 + 1 < n and used[s1][s2 + 1] == 0:
					heapq.heappush(h, (nums1[s1] + nums2[s2 + 1], (s1, s2 + 1)))
					used[s1][s2 + 1] = 1
				k -= 1
		return result


class Solution:

	def kSmallestPairs(self, nums1, nums2, k):
		if not nums1 or not nums2:
			return []
		queue = []
		heapq.heappush(queue, [nums1[0] + nums2[0], 0, 0])
		ans = []
		seen = {(0, 0): 1}
		while k > len(ans) and queue:
			top = heapq.heappop(queue)
			(i, j) = (top[1], top[2])
			ans.append([nums1[i], nums2[j]])
			if i + 1 < len(nums1) and (i + 1, j) not in seen:
				heapq.heappush(queue, [nums1[i + 1] + nums2[j], i + 1, j])
				seen[i + 1, j] = 1
			if j + 1 < len(nums2) and (i, j + 1) not in seen:
				heapq.heappush(queue, [nums1[i] + nums2[j + 1], i, j + 1])
				seen[i, j + 1] = 1
		return ans