in reply to Easy way to find permutations?

You'll find many other algorithms in Permutations and more still in Combinatorics.

The first I found the first by typing "permutations" in the search box top left on every PerlMonks screen. The second (amongst others) by typing the same search string into the top field after clicking the super_search link also at the top of the screen

Nah! Your thinking of Simon Templar, originally played by Roger Moore and later by Ian Ogilvy

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