只是使用python的另一个解决方案:

def PermutationStep(num):
    if sorted(list(str(num)), reverse=True) == list(str(num)):
        return -1
    ls = list(str(num))
    n = 0
    inx = 0
    for ind, i in enumerate(ls[::-1]):
        if i < n:
            n = i
            inx = -(ind + 1)
            break
        n = i
    ls[inx], ls[inx + 1] = ls[inx + 1], ls[inx]

    nl = ls[inx::-1][::-1]
    ln = sorted(ls[inx+1:])
    return ''.join(nl) + ''.join(ln)

print PermutationStep(23514)

输出:

23541

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

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。

下面是生成一个数字的所有排列的代码..不过必须先使用string . valueof (integer)将该整数转换为字符串。

/**
 * 
 * Inserts a integer at any index around string.
 * 
 * @param number
 * @param position
 * @param item
 * @return
 */
public String insertToNumberStringAtPosition(String number, int position,
        int item) {
    String temp = null;
    if (position >= number.length()) {
        temp = number + item;
    } else {
        temp = number.substring(0, position) + item
                + number.substring(position, number.length());
    }
    return temp;
}

/**
 * To generate permutations of a number.
 * 
 * @param number
 * @return
 */
public List<String> permuteNumber(String number) {
    List<String> permutations = new ArrayList<String>();
    if (number.length() == 1) {
        permutations.add(number);
        return permutations;
    }
    // else
    int inserterDig = (int) (number.charAt(0) - '0');
    Iterator<String> iterator = permuteNumber(number.substring(1))
            .iterator();
    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
        String subPerm = iterator.next();
        for (int dig = 0; dig <= subPerm.length(); dig++) {
            permutations.add(insertToNumberStringAtPosition(subPerm, dig,
                    inserterDig));
        }
    }
    return permutations;
}

这是另一个Java实现，可以开箱即用，并通过测试完成。 这个解决方案是O(n)个空间和时间，使用老式的动态规划。

如果你想用蛮力，有两种蛮力:

排列所有的东西，然后选择最小值更高的:O(n!) 与此实现类似，但不是DP，而是强制填充的步骤 indexToIndexOfNextSmallerLeft映射将在O(n²)中运行。

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import org.junit.Test;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

public class NextHigherSameDigits {

    public long next(final long num) {
        final char[] chars = String.valueOf(num).toCharArray();
        final int[] digits = new int[chars.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {
            digits[i] = Character.getNumericValue(chars[i]);
        }

        final Map<Integer, Integer> indexToIndexOfNextSmallerLeft = new HashMap<>();
        indexToIndexOfNextSmallerLeft.put(1, digits[1] > digits[0] ? 0 : null);
        for (int i = 2; i < digits.length; i++) {
            final int left = digits[i - 1];
            final int current = digits[i];
            Integer indexOfNextSmallerLeft = null;
            if (current > left) {
                indexOfNextSmallerLeft = i - 1;
            } else {
                final Integer indexOfnextSmallerLeftOfLeft = indexToIndexOfNextSmallerLeft.get(i - 1);
                final Integer nextSmallerLeftOfLeft = indexOfnextSmallerLeftOfLeft == null ? null : 
                    digits[indexOfnextSmallerLeftOfLeft];

                if (nextSmallerLeftOfLeft != null && current > nextSmallerLeftOfLeft) {
                    indexOfNextSmallerLeft = indexOfnextSmallerLeftOfLeft;
                } else {
                    indexOfNextSmallerLeft = null;
                }
            }

            indexToIndexOfNextSmallerLeft.put(i, indexOfNextSmallerLeft);
        }

        Integer maxOfindexOfNextSmallerLeft = null;
        Integer indexOfMinToSwapWithNextSmallerLeft = null;
        for (int i = digits.length - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
            final Integer indexOfNextSmallerLeft = indexToIndexOfNextSmallerLeft.get(i);
            if (maxOfindexOfNextSmallerLeft == null ||
                    (indexOfNextSmallerLeft != null && indexOfNextSmallerLeft > maxOfindexOfNextSmallerLeft)) {

                maxOfindexOfNextSmallerLeft = indexOfNextSmallerLeft;
                if (maxOfindexOfNextSmallerLeft != null && (indexOfMinToSwapWithNextSmallerLeft == null || 
                        digits[i] < digits[indexOfMinToSwapWithNextSmallerLeft])) {

                    indexOfMinToSwapWithNextSmallerLeft = i;
                }
            }
        }

        if (maxOfindexOfNextSmallerLeft == null) {
            return -1;
        } else {
            swap(digits, indexOfMinToSwapWithNextSmallerLeft, maxOfindexOfNextSmallerLeft);
            reverseRemainingOfArray(digits, maxOfindexOfNextSmallerLeft + 1);
            return backToLong(digits);
        }
    }

    private void reverseRemainingOfArray(final int[] digits, final int startIndex) {
        final int[] tail = Arrays.copyOfRange(digits, startIndex, digits.length);
        for (int i = tail.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            digits[(digits.length - 1)  - i] = tail[i];                 
        }
    }

    private void swap(final int[] digits, final int currentIndex, final int indexOfNextSmallerLeft) {
        int temp = digits[currentIndex];
        digits[currentIndex] = digits[indexOfNextSmallerLeft];
        digits[indexOfNextSmallerLeft] = temp;
    }

    private long backToLong(int[] digits) {     
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (long i : digits) {
            sb.append(String.valueOf(i));
        }

        return Long.parseLong(sb.toString());
    }

    @Test
    public void test() {
        final long input1 =    34722641;
        final long expected1 = 34724126;
        final long output1 = new NextHigherSameDigits().next(input1);
        assertEquals(expected1, output1);

        final long input2 =    38276;
        final long expected2 = 38627;
        final long output2 = new NextHigherSameDigits().next(input2);
        assertEquals(expected2, output2);

        final long input3 =    54321;
        final long expected3 = -1;
        final long output3 = new NextHigherSameDigits().next(input3);
        assertEquals(expected3, output3);

        final long input4 =    123456784987654321L;
        final long expected4 = 123456785123446789L;
        final long output4 = new NextHigherSameDigits().next(input4);
        assertEquals(expected4, output4);

        final long input5 =    9999;
        final long expected5 = -1;
        final long output5 = new NextHigherSameDigits().next(input5);
        assertEquals(expected5, output5);
    }

}

有很多不错的答案，但我没有找到一个像样的Java实现。以下是我的观点:

public void findNext(int[] nums) {
    int i = nums.length - 1;
    // nums[i - 1] will be the first non increasing number
    while (i > 0 && nums[i] <= nums[i - 1]) {
        i--;
    }
    if (i == 0) {
        System.out.println("it has been the greatest already");
    } else {
        // Find the smallest digit in the second sequence that is larger than it:
        int j = nums.length - 1;
        while (j >= 0 && nums[j] < nums[i - 1]) {
            j--;
        }
        swap(nums, i - 1, j);
        Arrays.sort(nums, i, nums.length);
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(nums));
    }
}

public void swap(int[] nums, int i, int j) {
    int tmp = nums[i];
    nums[i] = nums[j];
    nums[j] = tmp;
}