hello there.
i need some help here. what im trying to do is to list out combinations of a given array of strings, numbers, etc.

for example:
if i had an array like qw(a b c), i would like to generate combinations of the array above, so that i would have:
qw(a b c), qw(a c b), qw(b a c), qw(b c a), qw(c a b), and qw(c b a)

is there a way, in Perl, to come up with the result above? please help. thanx.

ps: to find out how many different combinations can be produced from an array of n elements, use factorial (!). for example, if i had an array of 5 elements, my combinations will have a total of
5! = 5x4x3x2x1 = 120 different combinations

In reply to generate combinations of lists by gpm1982

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