I didn't know anything about the brute force algorithm when answering this question, so I approached it from another angle. I decided to search the entire range of possible solutions that this number could possibly be rearranged into, starting from the number_given+1 up to the max number available (999 for a 3 digit number, 9999 for 4 digits, etc.). I did this kind of like finding a palindrome with words, by sorting the numbers of each solution and comparing it to the sorted number given as the parameter. I then simply returned the first solution in the array of solutions, as this would be the next possible value.

下面是我的Ruby代码:

def PermutationStep(num)

    a = []
    (num.to_s.length).times { a.push("9") }
    max_num = a.join('').to_i
    verify = num.to_s.split('').sort
    matches = ((num+1)..max_num).select {|n| n.to_s.split('').sort == verify }

    if matches.length < 1
      return -1
    else
      matches[0]
    end
end

 private static int GetNextHigherNumber(int num)
        {
            //given 38276 return 38627

            string numberstring = num.ToString();

            char[] sNum = numberstring.ToCharArray();

            for (int i = sNum.Length - 1; i > 0; i--)
            {
                for (int j = i - 1; j > 0; j--)
                {
                    if (sNum[i] > sNum[j])
                    {
                        for (int x = i; x > j; x--)
                        {
                            char chr = sNum[x]; 
                            sNum[x] = sNum[x - 1];
                            sNum[x - 1] = chr;
                        }

                        i = 0;
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }

            numberstring = string.Empty;
            for(int x= 0 ; x<sNum.Length;x++)
            {
                numberstring += sNum[x].ToString();
            }

            return Convert.ToInt32(numberstring);
        }

这是我的代码，它是这个例子的修改版本

库:

class NumPermExample
{
    // print N! permutation of the characters of the string s (in order)
    public  static void perm1(String s, ArrayList<String> perm)
    {
        perm1("", s);
    }

    private static void perm1(String prefix, String s, ArrayList<String> perm)
    {
        int N = s.length();
        if (N == 0)
        {
            System.out.println(prefix);
            perm.add(prefix);
        }
        else
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
                perm1(prefix + s.charAt(i), s.substring(0, i)
                    + s.substring(i+1, N));
        }

    }

    // print N! permutation of the elements of array a (not in order)
    public static void perm2(String s, ArrayList<String> perm)
    {
       int N = s.length();
       char[] a = new char[N];
       for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
           a[i] = s.charAt(i);
       perm2(a, N);
    }

    private static void perm2(char[] a, int n, ArrayList<String> perm)
    {
        if (n == 1)
        {
            System.out.println(a);
            perm.add(new String(a));
            return;
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            swap(a, i, n-1);
            perm2(a, n-1);
            swap(a, i, n-1);
        }
    }  

    // swap the characters at indices i and j
    private static void swap(char[] a, int i, int j)
    {
        char c;
        c = a[i]; a[i] = a[j]; a[j] = c;
    }

    // next higher permutation
    public static int nextPermutation (int number)
    {
        ArrayList<String> perm = new ArrayList<String>();

        String cur = ""+number;

        int nextPerm = 0;

        perm1(cur, perm);

        for (String s : perm)
        {
            if (Integer.parseInt(s) > number
                        && (nextPerm == 0 ||
                            Integer.parseInt(s) < nextPerm))
            {
                nextPerm = Integer.parseInt(s);
            }
        }

            return nextPerm;
    }
}

测试:

public static void main(String[] args) 
{
    int a = 38276;

    int b = NumPermExample.nextPermutation(a);

    System.out.println("a: "+a+", b: "+b);
}

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main() 
{
    int i,j,k,min,len,diff,z,u=0,f=0,flag=0;
    char temp[100],a[100]`enter code here`,n;
    min=9999;
    //cout<<"Enter the number\n";
    cin>>a;
    len=strlen(a);
    for(i=0;i<len;i++)
    {
        if(a[i]<a[i+1]){flag=1;break;}
    }
    if(flag==0){cout<<a<<endl;}
    else
    {
        for(i=len-1;i>=0;i--)if(((int)a[i-1])<((int)a[i]))break;
        for(k=0;k<i-1;k++)cout<<a[k];
        for(j=i;j<len;j++)
        {
            if(((int)a[j]-48)-((int)a[i-1]-48)>0)
            {
                diff=((int)a[j]-48)-((int)a[i-1]-48);
                if(diff<min){n=a[j];min=diff;}
            }
        }
        cout<<n;
        for(z=i-1;z<len;z++)
        {
            temp[u]=a[z];
            u++;
        }
        temp[u]='\0';
        sort(temp,temp+strlen(temp));
        for(z=0;z<strlen(temp);z++){if(temp[z]==n&&f==0){f=1;continue;}cout<<temp[z];}
    }
    return 0;
}

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;
   }

给定n位数字加9。然后检查它是否在限制范围内(第一个(n+1)位数)。如果是，则检查新号码中的数字是否与原号码中的数字相同。 重复加9，直到两个条件都为真。 当数字超过限制时停止算法。

对于这种方法，我想不出一个与之相矛盾的测试用例。