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How can I display all the permutations in a string or any other iterable in the most simplest way for a beginner...

def permutations(iterable):
       #code here

Ex. Permutations("abc")

Output: "abc","acb","bac","bca","cba","cab"

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    Use recursion Commented May 25, 2020 at 19:05
  • Select each of the input's elements as the start, then use recursion to create permutations of the rest. Commented May 25, 2020 at 19:05
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    There's some "roughly equivalent" code in the itertools documentation that might help. The Wikipedia article on the subject also describes some algorithms. Commented May 25, 2020 at 19:18
  • This answers your question. stackoverflow.com/a/13109403/7698734 Commented May 25, 2020 at 19:27
  • Does this answer your question? Python recursion permutations Commented May 25, 2020 at 19:44
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