You are given an array of characters letters that is sorted in non-decreasing order, and a character target. There are at least two different characters in letters.
Return the smallest character in letters that is lexicographically greater than target. If such a character does not exist, return the first character in letters.
Example 1:
Input: letters = ["c","f","j"], target = "a"
Output: "c"
Explanation: The smallest character that is lexicographically greater than 'a' in letters is 'c'.
Example 2:
Input: letters = ["c","f","j"], target = "c"
Output: "f"
Explanation: The smallest character that is lexicographically greater than 'c' in letters is 'f'.
Example 3:
Input: letters = ["x","x","y","y"], target = "z"
Output: "x"
Explanation: There are no characters in letters that is lexicographically greater than 'z' so we return letters[0].
Constraints:
- 2 <=
letters.length <= 10^4
letters[i] is a lowercase English letter.
letters is sorted in non-decreasing order.
letters contains at least two different characters.
target is a lowercase English letter.
Problem Link
https://leetcode.com/problems/find-smallest-letter-greater-than-target/
You are given an array of characters
lettersthat is sorted in non-decreasing order, and a charactertarget. There are at least two different characters inletters.Return the smallest character in letters that is lexicographically greater than
target. If such a character does not exist, return the first character inletters.Example 1:
Input:
letters= ["c","f","j"],target= "a"Output: "c"
Explanation: The smallest character that is lexicographically greater than 'a' in
lettersis 'c'.Example 2:
Input:
letters= ["c","f","j"],target= "c"Output: "f"
Explanation: The smallest character that is lexicographically greater than 'c' in
lettersis 'f'.Example 3:
Input:
letters= ["x","x","y","y"],target= "z"Output: "x"
Explanation: There are no characters in
lettersthat is lexicographically greater than 'z' so we returnletters[0].Constraints:
letters.length <= 10^4letters[i]is a lowercase English letter.lettersis sorted in non-decreasing order.letterscontains at least two different characters.targetis a lowercase English letter.Problem Link
https://leetcode.com/problems/find-smallest-letter-greater-than-target/