permutations (original) (raw)

Obtain all possible permutations.

Alternatives: ipermutations, permutations.
Similar: randomPermutation, permutations, hasPermutation.

function permutations(x, n) // x: an array // n: number of values [-1 ⇒ any]

const xarray = require('extra-array');

xarray.permutations([1, 2]); // → [ [], [ 1 ], [ 2 ], [ 1, 2 ], [ 2, 1 ] ]

xarray.permutations([1, 2, 3]); // → [ // [], [ 1 ], // [ 2 ], [ 3 ], // [ 1, 2 ], [ 1, 3 ], // [ 2, 1 ], [ 2, 3 ], // [ 3, 1 ], [ 3, 2 ], // [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 1, 3, 2 ], // [ 2, 1, 3 ], [ 2, 3, 1 ], // [ 3, 1, 2 ], [ 3, 2, 1 ] // ]

xarray.permutations([1, 2, 3], 2); // → [ [ 1, 2 ], [ 1, 3 ], [ 2, 1 ], [ 2, 3 ], [ 3, 1 ], [ 3, 2 ] ]

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