Generate next bigger combination in lexicographic order in python












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I am new in python.I am developing my python skill by solving problems in Hackerrank. I am currently experiencing the problem with finding solution one interesting challenges. The task of the problem is the following:
I need to find a bigger string (within lexicographical order) that greater than given string.



Condition:
Given a word, create a new word by swapping some or all of its characters. This new word must meet two criteria:



It must be greater than the original word
It must be the smallest word that meets the first condition
For example, given the w="hega", the next largest word is "gahe" or w="abcd", the next largest word is "abdc".



I first try to do it through permutations methods in python. for some reason, that code did not pass all test cases.



Then, I wrote the following code.
This code works for majority cases (i believe), however, when the given string is too long, it takes a lot of time to converge (times out) and therefore it fails the test.



import string

w="dcba"


number=[n for n in range(1,27)]
letter=[x for x in string.ascii_lowercase]
dict_storage=dict(zip(string.ascii_lowercase,number))


def biggerIsGreater(w):
total_len=len(w)
count1=0

for _ in range(1,len(w)):
if count1==1:
break
else:
total_len-=1
count=total_len
for _ in range(0,len(w[:total_len])):
move_letter=dict_storage.get(w[total_len])
s1_max=dict_storage.get(max(set(w[:total_len])))
if move_letter>s1_max:
break
else:
count-=1
iter_letter=dict_storage.get(w[count])
if move_letter>iter_letter and count1==0:
move_index=total_len
loc_index=count
count1+=1
break
if count1==0:
return "no answer"
else:
left_str=w[:loc_index]
right_str=w[loc_index:move_index]
move_str=w[move_index:]
new_str=left_str+move_str+right_str
return new_str
print(biggerIsGreater(w))


sample input:
ab
bb
hefg
dhck
dkhc



Sample output:
ba
no answer
hegf
dhkc
hcdk



would you please have review the code and suggest more elegant way to solve this challange.



Thanks in advance



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    I am new in python.I am developing my python skill by solving problems in Hackerrank. I am currently experiencing the problem with finding solution one interesting challenges. The task of the problem is the following:
    I need to find a bigger string (within lexicographical order) that greater than given string.



    Condition:
    Given a word, create a new word by swapping some or all of its characters. This new word must meet two criteria:



    It must be greater than the original word
    It must be the smallest word that meets the first condition
    For example, given the w="hega", the next largest word is "gahe" or w="abcd", the next largest word is "abdc".



    I first try to do it through permutations methods in python. for some reason, that code did not pass all test cases.



    Then, I wrote the following code.
    This code works for majority cases (i believe), however, when the given string is too long, it takes a lot of time to converge (times out) and therefore it fails the test.



    import string

    w="dcba"


    number=[n for n in range(1,27)]
    letter=[x for x in string.ascii_lowercase]
    dict_storage=dict(zip(string.ascii_lowercase,number))


    def biggerIsGreater(w):
    total_len=len(w)
    count1=0

    for _ in range(1,len(w)):
    if count1==1:
    break
    else:
    total_len-=1
    count=total_len
    for _ in range(0,len(w[:total_len])):
    move_letter=dict_storage.get(w[total_len])
    s1_max=dict_storage.get(max(set(w[:total_len])))
    if move_letter>s1_max:
    break
    else:
    count-=1
    iter_letter=dict_storage.get(w[count])
    if move_letter>iter_letter and count1==0:
    move_index=total_len
    loc_index=count
    count1+=1
    break
    if count1==0:
    return "no answer"
    else:
    left_str=w[:loc_index]
    right_str=w[loc_index:move_index]
    move_str=w[move_index:]
    new_str=left_str+move_str+right_str
    return new_str
    print(biggerIsGreater(w))


    sample input:
    ab
    bb
    hefg
    dhck
    dkhc



    Sample output:
    ba
    no answer
    hegf
    dhkc
    hcdk



    would you please have review the code and suggest more elegant way to solve this challange.



    Thanks in advance



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      I am new in python.I am developing my python skill by solving problems in Hackerrank. I am currently experiencing the problem with finding solution one interesting challenges. The task of the problem is the following:
      I need to find a bigger string (within lexicographical order) that greater than given string.



      Condition:
      Given a word, create a new word by swapping some or all of its characters. This new word must meet two criteria:



      It must be greater than the original word
      It must be the smallest word that meets the first condition
      For example, given the w="hega", the next largest word is "gahe" or w="abcd", the next largest word is "abdc".



      I first try to do it through permutations methods in python. for some reason, that code did not pass all test cases.



      Then, I wrote the following code.
      This code works for majority cases (i believe), however, when the given string is too long, it takes a lot of time to converge (times out) and therefore it fails the test.



      import string

      w="dcba"


      number=[n for n in range(1,27)]
      letter=[x for x in string.ascii_lowercase]
      dict_storage=dict(zip(string.ascii_lowercase,number))


      def biggerIsGreater(w):
      total_len=len(w)
      count1=0

      for _ in range(1,len(w)):
      if count1==1:
      break
      else:
      total_len-=1
      count=total_len
      for _ in range(0,len(w[:total_len])):
      move_letter=dict_storage.get(w[total_len])
      s1_max=dict_storage.get(max(set(w[:total_len])))
      if move_letter>s1_max:
      break
      else:
      count-=1
      iter_letter=dict_storage.get(w[count])
      if move_letter>iter_letter and count1==0:
      move_index=total_len
      loc_index=count
      count1+=1
      break
      if count1==0:
      return "no answer"
      else:
      left_str=w[:loc_index]
      right_str=w[loc_index:move_index]
      move_str=w[move_index:]
      new_str=left_str+move_str+right_str
      return new_str
      print(biggerIsGreater(w))


      sample input:
      ab
      bb
      hefg
      dhck
      dkhc



      Sample output:
      ba
      no answer
      hegf
      dhkc
      hcdk



      would you please have review the code and suggest more elegant way to solve this challange.



      Thanks in advance



      Reagrds
      Ahad









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      I am new in python.I am developing my python skill by solving problems in Hackerrank. I am currently experiencing the problem with finding solution one interesting challenges. The task of the problem is the following:
      I need to find a bigger string (within lexicographical order) that greater than given string.



      Condition:
      Given a word, create a new word by swapping some or all of its characters. This new word must meet two criteria:



      It must be greater than the original word
      It must be the smallest word that meets the first condition
      For example, given the w="hega", the next largest word is "gahe" or w="abcd", the next largest word is "abdc".



      I first try to do it through permutations methods in python. for some reason, that code did not pass all test cases.



      Then, I wrote the following code.
      This code works for majority cases (i believe), however, when the given string is too long, it takes a lot of time to converge (times out) and therefore it fails the test.



      import string

      w="dcba"


      number=[n for n in range(1,27)]
      letter=[x for x in string.ascii_lowercase]
      dict_storage=dict(zip(string.ascii_lowercase,number))


      def biggerIsGreater(w):
      total_len=len(w)
      count1=0

      for _ in range(1,len(w)):
      if count1==1:
      break
      else:
      total_len-=1
      count=total_len
      for _ in range(0,len(w[:total_len])):
      move_letter=dict_storage.get(w[total_len])
      s1_max=dict_storage.get(max(set(w[:total_len])))
      if move_letter>s1_max:
      break
      else:
      count-=1
      iter_letter=dict_storage.get(w[count])
      if move_letter>iter_letter and count1==0:
      move_index=total_len
      loc_index=count
      count1+=1
      break
      if count1==0:
      return "no answer"
      else:
      left_str=w[:loc_index]
      right_str=w[loc_index:move_index]
      move_str=w[move_index:]
      new_str=left_str+move_str+right_str
      return new_str
      print(biggerIsGreater(w))


      sample input:
      ab
      bb
      hefg
      dhck
      dkhc



      Sample output:
      ba
      no answer
      hegf
      dhkc
      hcdk



      would you please have review the code and suggest more elegant way to solve this challange.



      Thanks in advance



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