Dsa
Backtracking
Medium
Restricted Step Permutation
Find the lexicographically smallest permutation of the integers from 1 to N that starts with a given integer S, such that the absolute difference between any two adjacent elements in the permutation is either 1 or 2. Print the permutation as space-separated integers. If no such permutation exists, print 'None'.
Example:
Input:
4 1
Output:
1 2 3 4
(Explanation: |1-2|=1, |2-3|=1, |3-4|=1. All differences <= 2.)
Key concepts
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