public class PermutationGenerator extends Object
Systematically generate permutations. Adapted from Java Code by Michael Gilleland (released with no restrictions) using an algorithm described here: Kenneth H. Rosen, Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, 2nd edition (NY: McGraw-Hill, 1991), pp. 282-284
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PermutationGenerator
(Collection items) WARNING: Don't make n too large. |
WARNING: Don't make n too large. Recall that the number of permutations is n! which can be very large, even when n is as small as 20 -- 20! = 2,432,902,008,176,640,000 and 21! is too big to fit into a Java long, which is why we use BigInteger instead.
items
- the items to permuteGenerate next permutation (algorithm from Rosen p. 284)
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