The set [1,2,3,…,n]
contains a total of n!
unique permutations.
By listing and labeling all of the permutations in order,
We get the following sequence (ie, for n = 3
) :
1. "123"
2. "132"
3. "213"
4. "231"
5. "312"
6. "321"
Given n and k, return the kth permutation sequence.
For example, given n = 3, k = 4, ans = "231"
Good questions to ask the interviewer :
- What if n is greater than 10. How should multiple digit numbers be represented in string?
In this case, just concatenate the number to the answer.
so ifn = 11, k = 1, ans = "1234567891011"
- Whats the maximum value of n and k?
In this case, k will be a positive integer thats less than INT_MAX.
n is reasonable enough to make sure the answer does not bloat up a lot.
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