关于如何做到这一点，请参阅Knuth的“计算机编程艺术:生成所有排列”(.ps.gz)中的“算法L”。

关于如何做到这一点，请参阅Knuth的“计算机编程艺术:生成所有排列”(.ps.gz)中的“算法L”。

这是个很有趣的问题。

这是我的java版本。在我检查其他贡献者的评论之前，从弄清楚模式到完全完成代码，我花了大约3个小时。很高兴看到我的想法和别人一样。

O (n)的解决方案。老实说，如果时间只有15分钟，并且要求在白板上完成完整的代码，我将会失败。

以下是我的解决方案的一些有趣点:

避免任何排序。 完全避免字符串操作 实现O(logN)空间复杂度

我在代码中添加了详细注释，并在每个步骤中添加了大O。

  public int findNextBiggestNumber(int input  )   {
    //take 1358642 as input for example.
    //Step 1: split the whole number to a list for individual digital   1358642->[2,4,6,8,5,3,1]
    // this step is O(n)
    int digitalLevel=input;

    List<Integer> orgNumbersList=new ArrayList<Integer>()   ;

    do {
        Integer nInt = new Integer(digitalLevel % 10);
        orgNumbersList.add(nInt);

        digitalLevel=(int) (digitalLevel/10  )  ;


    } while( digitalLevel >0)    ;
    int len= orgNumbersList.size();
    int [] orgNumbers=new int[len]  ;
    for(int i=0;i<len;i++){
        orgNumbers[i ]  =  orgNumbersList.get(i).intValue();
    }
    //step 2 find the first digital less than the digital right to it
    // this step is O(n)


    int firstLessPointer=1;
    while(firstLessPointer<len&&(orgNumbers[firstLessPointer]>orgNumbers[ firstLessPointer-1 ])){
        firstLessPointer++;
    }
     if(firstLessPointer==len-1&&orgNumbers[len-1]>=orgNumbers[len-2]){
         //all number is in sorted order like 4321, no answer for it, return original
         return input;
     }

    //when step 2 step finished, firstLessPointer  pointing to number 5

     //step 3 fristLessPointer found, need to find  to  first number less than it  from low digital in the number
    //This step is O(n)
    int justBiggerPointer=  0 ;

    while(justBiggerPointer<firstLessPointer&& orgNumbers[justBiggerPointer]<orgNumbers[firstLessPointer]){
        justBiggerPointer++;
    }
    //when step 3 finished, justBiggerPointer  pointing to 6

    //step 4 swap the elements  of justBiggerPointer and firstLessPointer .
    // This  is O(1) operation   for swap

   int tmp=  orgNumbers[firstLessPointer] ;

    orgNumbers[firstLessPointer]=  orgNumbers[justBiggerPointer]  ;
     orgNumbers[justBiggerPointer]=tmp ;


     // when step 4 finished, the list looks like        [2,4,5,8,6,3,1]    the digital in the list before
     // firstLessPointer is already sorted in our previous operation
     // we can return result from this list  but  in a differrent way
    int result=0;
    int i=0;
    int lowPointer=firstLessPointer;
    //the following pick number from list from  the position just before firstLessPointer, here is 8 -> 5 -> 4 -> 2
    //This Operation is O(n)
    while(lowPointer>0)        {
        result+= orgNumbers[--lowPointer]* Math.pow(10,i);
        i++;
    }
    //the following pick number from list   from position firstLessPointer
    //This Operation is O(n)
    while(firstLessPointer<len)        {
        result+= orgNumbers[firstLessPointer++ ]* Math.pow(10,i);
        i++;
    }
     return  result;

}

下面是在Intellj中运行的结果:

959879532-->959892357
1358642-->1362458
1234567-->1234576
77654321-->77654321
38276-->38627
47-->74

在Java中，这个算法比这个算法更简洁

   public static int permutate2(int number){
        String[] numArray = String.valueOf(number).split("");

        for(int i = numArray.length - 1; i > 0; i--){
            int current = Integer.valueOf(numArray[i]);
            int previous = Integer.valueOf(numArray[i - 1]);

            if(previous < current){
                String[] rest = String.valueOf(number).substring(i, numArray.length).split("");
                Arrays.sort(rest);

                String picker = rest[0];
                int pickerIndex = 0;
                for(int n = 0; n < rest.length ; n++){
                    if(Integer.valueOf(rest[n]) > previous){
                        picker = rest[n];
                        pickerIndex = n;
                        break;
                    }
                }
                numArray[i - 1] = picker;
                rest[pickerIndex] = String.valueOf(previous);
                Arrays.sort(rest);

                String newNumber = "";
                for(int z = 0; z <= i - 1; z++){
                    newNumber += numArray[z];
                }
                for(String z : rest){
                    newNumber += z;
                }

                return Integer.valueOf(newNumber);
            }
        }

        return number;
   }

我知道这是一个非常老的问题，但我仍然没有在c#中找到简单的代码。这可能会对参加面试的男士有所帮助。

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {

        int inputNumber = 629;
        int i, currentIndexOfNewArray = 0;

        int[] arrayOfInput = GetIntArray(inputNumber);
        var numList = arrayOfInput.ToList();

        int[] newArray = new int[arrayOfInput.Length];

        do
        {
            int temp = 0;
            int digitFoundAt = 0;
            for (i = numList.Count; i > 0; i--)
            {
                if (numList[i - 1] > temp)
                {
                    temp = numList[i - 1];
                    digitFoundAt = i - 1;
                }
            }

            newArray[currentIndexOfNewArray] = temp;
            currentIndexOfNewArray++;
            numList.RemoveAt(digitFoundAt);
        } while (arrayOfInput.Length > currentIndexOfNewArray);



        Console.WriteLine(GetWholeNumber(newArray));

        Console.ReadKey();


    }

    public static int[] GetIntArray(int num)
    {
        IList<int> listOfInts = new List<int>();
        while (num > 0)
        {
            listOfInts.Add(num % 10);
            num = num / 10;
        }
        listOfInts.Reverse();
        return listOfInts.ToArray();
    }

    public static double GetWholeNumber(int[] arrayNumber)
    {
        double result = 0;
        double multiplier = 0;
        var length = arrayNumber.Count() - 1;
        for(int i = 0; i < arrayNumber.Count(); i++)
        {
            multiplier = Math.Pow(10.0, Convert.ToDouble(length));
            result += (arrayNumber[i] * multiplier);
            length = length - 1;
        }

        return result;
    }
}

有很多不错的答案，但我没有找到一个像样的Java实现。以下是我的观点:

public void findNext(int[] nums) {
    int i = nums.length - 1;
    // nums[i - 1] will be the first non increasing number
    while (i > 0 && nums[i] <= nums[i - 1]) {
        i--;
    }
    if (i == 0) {
        System.out.println("it has been the greatest already");
    } else {
        // Find the smallest digit in the second sequence that is larger than it:
        int j = nums.length - 1;
        while (j >= 0 && nums[j] < nums[i - 1]) {
            j--;
        }
        swap(nums, i - 1, j);
        Arrays.sort(nums, i, nums.length);
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(nums));
    }
}

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