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24 changes: 24 additions & 0 deletions Next Permutation algo
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class Solution {
public:
void nextPermutation(vector<int> &num)
{
if (num.empty()) return;

// in reverse order, find the first number which is in increasing trend (we call it violated number here)
int i;
for (i = num.size()-2; i >= 0; --i)
{
if (num[i] < num[i+1]) break;
}

// reverse all the numbers after violated number
reverse(begin(num)+i+1, end(num));
// if violated number not found, because we have reversed the whole array, then we are done!
if (i == -1) return;
// else binary search find the first number larger than the violated number
auto itr = upper_bound(begin(num)+i+1, end(num), num[i]);
// swap them, done!
swap(num[i], *itr);
}
};