Problem 604. Next lexicographic - permutation

Created by Muthu Annamalai
Appears in Matrix Patterns III

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Find next lexicographic - permutation (permutations as it would occur in a dictionary order).
E.g: nextP('ABCD') = ABDC
If you can generate the next permutation, then you can also generate a 'cycle' of all permutations using a construct like,
     cycle = +1;
     curr = start;
     while ( true )         
         curr = nextP(curr);
         if ( curr == start )
             break;
         end
         cycle = cycle+1;
     end
For fun, you could generate all the n! permutations of a, unique n-letter string.

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Stefan Abendroth on 20 Jul 2023

I think test case 6 is wrong. The lexicographic follower of 'xyzDOG' is 'xyzGDO', not 'xyzGOD'.

Dyuman Joshi on 21 Jul 2023

@Stefan, if you see carefully, test case 6 asks for the *next to next* lexicographic permutation of 'DOG', which is 'GOD'.

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