0744-find-smallest-letter-greater-than-target.adoc

744. Find Smallest Letter Greater Than Target

{leetcode}/problems/find-smallest-letter-greater-than-target/[LeetCode - Find Smallest Letter Greater Than Target^]

Given a list of sorted characters letters containing only lowercase letters, and given a target letter target, find the smallest element in the list that is larger than the given target.

Letters also wrap around. For example, if the target is target = 'z' and letters = ['a', 'b'], the answer is 'a'.

Examples:

Input:
letters = ["c", "f", "j"]
target = "a"
Output: "c"

Input:
letters = ["c", "f", "j"]
target = "c"
Output: "f"

Input:
letters = ["c", "f", "j"]
target = "d"
Output: "f"

Input:
letters = ["c", "f", "j"]
target = "g"
Output: "j"

Input:
letters = ["c", "f", "j"]
target = "j"
Output: "c"

Input:
letters = ["c", "f", "j"]
target = "k"
Output: "c"

Note:

1. letters has a length in range [2, 10000].

2. letters consists of lowercase letters, and contains at least 2 unique letters.

3. target is a lowercase letter.

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