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This is a Javascript function that takes an array, and returns all possible permutations of the same array.
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function permute(arr){ | |
return permutation(arr.sort()); | |
} | |
function permutation(arr, result){ | |
result = typeof result !== 'undefined' ? result : []; | |
result = result.concat([arr]); | |
//find index k | |
var k = null; | |
for( var i = 0; i < (arr.length-1); i++ ){ | |
if (arr[i] < arr[i+1]){ | |
var k = i; | |
} | |
} | |
//if k doesn't exist, we've reached the last permutation | |
if (k === null){ | |
return result | |
} | |
//otherwise proceed with finding l, and call the function again | |
else { | |
//find index l | |
for ( var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++){ | |
if (arr[i] > arr[k]){ | |
var l = i; | |
} | |
} | |
//swap arr[k] and arr[l] and assign it to a new variable | |
var pArr = swap(arr, k, l); | |
//reverse the array after arr[k] | |
pArr = reverseafterk(pArr, k); | |
//call permutation on the new permutated arr | |
return permutation(pArr, result) | |
} | |
} | |
function swap(arr, a, b){ | |
var i = arr[a]; | |
arr[a] = arr[b]; | |
arr[b] = i; | |
return arr; | |
} | |
function reverseafterk(arr, k){ | |
var i = arr.splice(k+1); | |
return arr.concat(i.reverse()); | |
} |
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