def merge_sorted(xs, ys): result = [] i = 0 j = 0 while i < len(xs) and j < len(ys): if xs[i] <= ys[j]: result.append(xs[i]) i += 1 else: result.append(ys[j]) j += 1 while i < len(xs): result.append(xs[i]) i += 1 while j < len(xs): result.append(ys[j]) j += 1 return result ################################################################################ # Tests ################################################################################ xs = [3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 15] ys = [1, 5, 8, 12, 14, 19] result = merge_sorted(xs, ys) print(result) assert len(result) == len(xs) + len(ys) assert result == [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19] print("Success!")