这是个很有趣的问题。

这是我的java版本。在我检查其他贡献者的评论之前，从弄清楚模式到完全完成代码，我花了大约3个小时。很高兴看到我的想法和别人一样。

O (n)的解决方案。老实说，如果时间只有15分钟，并且要求在白板上完成完整的代码，我将会失败。

以下是我的解决方案的一些有趣点:

避免任何排序。 完全避免字符串操作 实现O(logN)空间复杂度

我在代码中添加了详细注释，并在每个步骤中添加了大O。

  public int findNextBiggestNumber(int input  )   {
    //take 1358642 as input for example.
    //Step 1: split the whole number to a list for individual digital   1358642->[2,4,6,8,5,3,1]
    // this step is O(n)
    int digitalLevel=input;

    List<Integer> orgNumbersList=new ArrayList<Integer>()   ;

    do {
        Integer nInt = new Integer(digitalLevel % 10);
        orgNumbersList.add(nInt);

        digitalLevel=(int) (digitalLevel/10  )  ;


    } while( digitalLevel >0)    ;
    int len= orgNumbersList.size();
    int [] orgNumbers=new int[len]  ;
    for(int i=0;i<len;i++){
        orgNumbers[i ]  =  orgNumbersList.get(i).intValue();
    }
    //step 2 find the first digital less than the digital right to it
    // this step is O(n)


    int firstLessPointer=1;
    while(firstLessPointer<len&&(orgNumbers[firstLessPointer]>orgNumbers[ firstLessPointer-1 ])){
        firstLessPointer++;
    }
     if(firstLessPointer==len-1&&orgNumbers[len-1]>=orgNumbers[len-2]){
         //all number is in sorted order like 4321, no answer for it, return original
         return input;
     }

    //when step 2 step finished, firstLessPointer  pointing to number 5

     //step 3 fristLessPointer found, need to find  to  first number less than it  from low digital in the number
    //This step is O(n)
    int justBiggerPointer=  0 ;

    while(justBiggerPointer<firstLessPointer&& orgNumbers[justBiggerPointer]<orgNumbers[firstLessPointer]){
        justBiggerPointer++;
    }
    //when step 3 finished, justBiggerPointer  pointing to 6

    //step 4 swap the elements  of justBiggerPointer and firstLessPointer .
    // This  is O(1) operation   for swap

   int tmp=  orgNumbers[firstLessPointer] ;

    orgNumbers[firstLessPointer]=  orgNumbers[justBiggerPointer]  ;
     orgNumbers[justBiggerPointer]=tmp ;


     // when step 4 finished, the list looks like        [2,4,5,8,6,3,1]    the digital in the list before
     // firstLessPointer is already sorted in our previous operation
     // we can return result from this list  but  in a differrent way
    int result=0;
    int i=0;
    int lowPointer=firstLessPointer;
    //the following pick number from list from  the position just before firstLessPointer, here is 8 -> 5 -> 4 -> 2
    //This Operation is O(n)
    while(lowPointer>0)        {
        result+= orgNumbers[--lowPointer]* Math.pow(10,i);
        i++;
    }
    //the following pick number from list   from position firstLessPointer
    //This Operation is O(n)
    while(firstLessPointer<len)        {
        result+= orgNumbers[firstLessPointer++ ]* Math.pow(10,i);
        i++;
    }
     return  result;

}

下面是在Intellj中运行的结果:

959879532-->959892357
1358642-->1362458
1234567-->1234576
77654321-->77654321
38276-->38627
47-->74

至少，这里有几个基于字符串的暴力解决方案的例子，你应该能够马上想到:

38276中的数字排序为23678

38627排序的数字列表是23678

蛮力增量，排序和比较

沿着蛮力解决方案将转换为字符串 然后用这些数字强行找出所有可能的数字。

从它们中创建int，把它们放在一个列表中并排序， 获取目标条目之后的下一个条目。

如果你花了30分钟在这个问题上，却没有想出一个蛮力的方法，我也不会雇用你。

在商业世界中，一个不优雅、缓慢和笨拙但能完成工作的解决方案总是比没有解决方案更有价值，事实上，这几乎描述了所有不优雅、缓慢和笨拙的商业软件。

我只测试了两个数字。他们工作。 在去年12月退休之前，我做了8年的IT经理，我关心三件事: 1)准确性:如果它总是有效，那就很好。 2)速度:用户可以接受。 3)明确:我可能没有你聪明，但我付你薪水。确保你用英语解释你在做什么。

奥马尔，祝你好运。

Sub Main()

Dim Base(0 To 9) As Long
Dim Test(0 To 9) As Long

Dim i As Long
Dim j As Long
Dim k As Long
Dim ctr As Long

Const x As Long = 776914648
Dim y As Long
Dim z As Long

Dim flag As Boolean

' Store the digit count for the original number in the Base vector.
    For i = 0 To 9
        ctr = 0
        For j = 1 To Len(CStr(x))
            If Mid$(CStr(x), j, 1) = i Then ctr = ctr + 1
        Next j
        Base(i) = ctr
    Next i

' Start comparing from the next highest number.
    y = x + 1
    Do

' Store the digit count for the each new number in the Test vector.
        flag = False
        For i = 0 To 9
            ctr = 0
            For j = 1 To Len(CStr(y))
                If Mid$(CStr(y), j, 1) = i Then ctr = ctr + 1
            Next j
            Test(i) = ctr
        Next i

' Compare the digit counts.
        For k = 0 To 9
            If Test(k) <> Base(k) Then flag = True
        Next k

' If no match, INC and repeat.
        If flag = True Then
            y = y + 1
            Erase Test()
        Else
            z = y ' Match.
        End If

    Loop Until z > 0

    MsgBox (z), , "Solution"

End Sub

我知道这是一个非常老的问题，但我仍然没有在c#中找到简单的代码。这可能会对参加面试的男士有所帮助。

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {

        int inputNumber = 629;
        int i, currentIndexOfNewArray = 0;

        int[] arrayOfInput = GetIntArray(inputNumber);
        var numList = arrayOfInput.ToList();

        int[] newArray = new int[arrayOfInput.Length];

        do
        {
            int temp = 0;
            int digitFoundAt = 0;
            for (i = numList.Count; i > 0; i--)
            {
                if (numList[i - 1] > temp)
                {
                    temp = numList[i - 1];
                    digitFoundAt = i - 1;
                }
            }

            newArray[currentIndexOfNewArray] = temp;
            currentIndexOfNewArray++;
            numList.RemoveAt(digitFoundAt);
        } while (arrayOfInput.Length > currentIndexOfNewArray);



        Console.WriteLine(GetWholeNumber(newArray));

        Console.ReadKey();


    }

    public static int[] GetIntArray(int num)
    {
        IList<int> listOfInts = new List<int>();
        while (num > 0)
        {
            listOfInts.Add(num % 10);
            num = num / 10;
        }
        listOfInts.Reverse();
        return listOfInts.ToArray();
    }

    public static double GetWholeNumber(int[] arrayNumber)
    {
        double result = 0;
        double multiplier = 0;
        var length = arrayNumber.Count() - 1;
        for(int i = 0; i < arrayNumber.Count(); i++)
        {
            multiplier = Math.Pow(10.0, Convert.ToDouble(length));
            result += (arrayNumber[i] * multiplier);
            length = length - 1;
        }

        return result;
    }
}

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
  int num=15432;
  int quot,rem;
  int numarr[5];
  int length=0;
  while(num!=0)
  {
      rem=num%10;
      num = num/10;
      numarr[length]=rem;
      length++;
  }

 for(int j=0;j<length;j++)
  {
  for(int i=0;i<length;i++)
  {
      if(numarr[i]<numarr[i+1])
      {
          int tmp=numarr[i];
          numarr[i]=numarr[i+1];
          numarr[i+1]=tmp;
      }
  }
  }

  for(int j=0;j<length;j++)
  {
   cout<<numarr[j];
  }
  return 0;
}

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