681 Next Closest Time

1. Question

Given a time represented in the format "HH:MM", form the next closest time by reusing the current digits. There is no limit on how many times a digit can be reused.

You may assume the given input string is always valid. For example, "01:34", "12:09" are all valid. "1:34", "12:9" are all invalid.

Example 1:

Input: "19:34"

Output: "19:39"

Explanation:The next closest time choosing from digits 1, 9, 3, 4, is 19:39, which occurs 5 minutes later.  It is not 19:33
, because this occurs 23 hours and 59 minutes later.

Example 2:

Input: "23:59"

Output: "22:22"

Explanation: The next closest time choosing from digits 2, 3, 5, 9, is 22:22
. It may be assumed that the returned time is next day's time since it is smaller than the input time numerically.

2. Implementation

(1) DFS (Enumeration)

思路: DFS枚举所有可能的time,尝试对time的每个digit变为可用digit,比较谁离原来的time最近

3. Time & Space Complexity

DFS: 时间复杂度O(1), 总共只有4 * 4 * 4 * 4 = 256种情况, 空间复杂度O(1), 深度为time的digit的个数为4

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