找到大于给定字符的最小字符

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Find Smallest Letter Greater Than Target

问题：

Given a list of sorted characters letters containing only lowercase letters, and given a target letter target, find the smallest element in the list that is larger than the given target.

Letters also wrap around. For example, if the target is target = 'z' and letters = ['a', 'b'], the answer is 'a'.

Examples:

Input:
letters = ["c", "f", "j"]
target = "a"
Output: "c"
Input:
letters = ["c", "f", "j"]
target = "c"
Output: "f"
Input:
letters = ["c", "f", "j"]
target = "d"
Output: "f"
Input:
letters = ["c", "f", "j"]
target = "g"
Output: "j"
Input:
letters = ["c", "f", "j"]
target = "j"
Output: "c"
Input:
letters = ["c", "f", "j"]
target = "k"
Output: "c"

Note:

1. letters has a length in range [2, 10000].
2. letters consists of lowercase letters, and contains at least 2 unique letters.
3. target is a lowercase letter.

解决：

①  因为wrap around，所以当给的target大于最大元素，就取最小字符。否则，取大于target的第一个元素。

class Solution { //21ms
    public char nextGreatestLetter(char[] letters, char target) {
        Arrays.sort(letters);
        for (int j = 0;j < letters.length;j ++){
            if (letters[j] > target) return letters[j];
        }
        return letters[0];
    }
}

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