给定一个只包含小写字母的有序数组letters
和一个目标字母 target
,寻找有序数组里面比目标字母大的最小字母。
数组里字母的顺序是循环的。举个例子,如果目标字母target = 'z'
并且有序数组为 letters = ['a', 'b']
,则答案返回 'a'
。
示例:
输入: letters = ["c", "f", "j"] target = "a" 输出: "c" 输入: letters = ["c", "f", "j"] target = "c" 输出: "f" 输入: letters = ["c", "f", "j"] target = "d" 输出: "f" 输入: letters = ["c", "f", "j"] target = "g" 输出: "j" 输入: letters = ["c", "f", "j"] target = "j" 输出: "c" 输入: letters = ["c", "f", "j"] target = "k" 输出: "c"
注:
letters
长度范围在[2, 10000]
区间内。letters
仅由小写字母组成,最少包含两个不同的字母。- 目标字母
target
是一个小写字母。
【思路】二分查找的经典应用,参考https://blog.youkuaiyun.com/zpznba/article/details/87472938中的第三种,可以得出如下代码:
class Solution {
public:
char nextGreatestLetter(vector<char>& letters, char target) {
if(target >= letters.back()) return letters[0];
int l = 0;
int r = letters.size();
while(l < r){
int mid = l + (r - l)/2;
if(letters[mid] <= target) l=mid+1;
else r = mid;
}
return letters[r];
}
};