题目描述
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。
class Solution {
public:
char nextGreatestLetter(vector<char>& letters, char target) {
if(letters.empty())
return NULL;
for(int i = 0; i < letters.size(); i++) {
if(letters[i] > target)
return letters[i];
}
return letters[0];
}
};
分析
注意限定是有序数组中的查找,那么很自然可以想到这题其实是考察二分查找
class Solution {
public:
char nextGreatestLetter(vector<char>& letters, char target) {
int n = letters.size();
int left = 0,right = n;
while(left<right){
int mid = left+(right-left)/2;
if(letters[mid]>target){
right = mid;
}else{
left = mid+1;
}
}
return letters[left%n];
//return left < n ? letters[left] : letters[0];
}
};