[
string
sort
greedy
]
BinarySearch 0573 Lexicographically Bigger String
Problem statement
https://binarysearch.com/problems/Lexicographically-Bigger-String/
Solution
We need to sort string and compare: it can be proved that this greedy strategy works.
Complexity
It is O(n log n)
for time and O(n)
for space.
Code
class Solution:
def solve(self, s, t):
s, t = sorted(s), sorted(t)
if sum(x < y for x, y in zip(s, t)) == 0: return True
if sum(x < y for x, y in zip(t, s)) == 0: return True
return False