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Next Permutation

Given an array of integers nums, find the next lexographically ordered permutation of nums. For example, the next permutation of arr = [1,2,3] is [1,3,2].

public void nextPermutation(int[] A) {
    if(A == null || A.length <= 1) return;
    int i = A.length - 2;
    while(i >= 0 && A[i] >= A[i + 1]) i--; // Find 1st id i that breaks descending order
    if(i >= 0) {                           // If not entirely descending
        int j = A.length - 1;              // Start from the end
        while(A[j] <= A[i]) j--;           // Find rightmost first larger id j
        swap(A, i, j);                     // Switch i and j
    }
    reverse(A, i + 1, A.length - 1);       // Reverse the descending sequence
}

public void swap(int[] A, int i, int j) {
    int tmp = A[i];
    A[i] = A[j];
    A[j] = tmp;
}

public void reverse(int[] A, int i, int j) {
    while(i < j) swap(A, i++, j--);
}

Posted by Jamie Meyer 8 months ago

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