#3734

Lexicographically Smallest Palindromic Permutation Greater Than Target

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two pointers · string · enumeration

Description

You are given two strings s and target, each of length n, consisting of lowercase English letters.

Return the lexicographically smallest string that is both a palindromic permutation of s and strictly greater than target. If no such permutation exists, return an empty string.

Solution