Permutation.cc

void Permutation(char* pStr, char* pBegin);

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Get the permutation of a string,
// for example, input string abc, its permutation is
// abc acb bac bca cba cab
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
void Permutation(char* pStr)
{
      Permutation(pStr, pStr);
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Print the permutation of a string,
// Input: pStr   - input string
//        pBegin - points to the begin char of string
//                 which we want to permutate in this recursion
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
void Permutation(char* pStr, char* pBegin)
{
      if(!pStr || !pBegin)
            return;

      // if pBegin points to the end of string,
      // this round of permutation is finished, 
      // print the permuted string
      if(*pBegin == '\0')
      {
            printf("%s\n", pStr);
      }
      // otherwise, permute string
      else
      {
            for(char* pCh = pBegin; *pCh != '\0'; ++ pCh)
            {
                  // swap pCh and pBegin
                  char temp = *pCh;
                  *pCh = *pBegin;
                  *pBegin = temp;

                  Permutation(pStr, pBegin + 1);

                  // restore pCh and pBegin
                  temp = *pCh;
                  *pCh = *pBegin;
                  *pBegin = temp;
            }
      }
}