Re: generating permutations

Here's a brute force conversion of the python code you posted:

#! perl -slw
use strict;

sub permute {
    my( $in, $pre ) = ( @_, '' );
    if( not length $in ) {
        print $pre;
    } else {
        for my $i ( 0 .. length( $in ) - 1 ) {
            permute(
                substr( $in, 0, $i ) . substr( $in, $i+1 ),
                $pre . substr( $in, $i, 1 )
            );
        }
    }
}

permute( '12345' );;
[download]

Ask if anything is unclear.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". The enemy of (IT) success is complexity.

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

Comment on Re: generating permutations Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^2: generating permutations by Anonymous Monk on Mar 29, 2017 at 20:36 UTC
Thanks, again. With a few extra print statements, I am able to see exactly what it is doing. A quick (I hope) follow up. How would I do a more general list - say all the permutations of (apple, banana, orange), or numbers that go into double digits?	[reply]
Re^3: generating permutations by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 29, 2017 at 21:21 UTC
Try this. It's a re-casting of the Python algorithm to operate on arrays: `#! perl -slw use strict; sub permute3 { my( $in, $pre ) = ( @_, [] ); return print join '-', @$pre unless @$in; permute3( [ @{ $in }[ 0 .. $_-1, $_+1 .. $#$in ] ], [ @$pre, $in->[ $_ ] ] ) for 0 .. $#$in; } permute3( [ qw[ apple banana orange ] ] );; __END__ C:\test>junk36 apple-banana-orange apple-orange-banana banana-apple-orange banana-orange-apple orange-apple-banana orange-banana-apple` [download] With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". The enemy of (IT) success is complexity. In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: generating permutations by tybalt89 (Monsignor) on Mar 31, 2017 at 22:35 UTC
Here's a version that uses a separate array to mark when a item is used instead of building and destroying anon arrays. `#!/usr/bin/perl # http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1186402 use strict; use warnings; my @items = qw( apple banana orange ); my @used; sub permute { @_ == @items and return print "@_\n"; $used[$_]++ \|\| permute(@_, $items[$_]), $used[$_]-- for 0 .. $#items +; } permute();` [download]	[reply] [d/l]