All permutations of a list

[Emile van Sebille]

never mind ...

doesn't-help-that-it-calls-perms-ly y'rs

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Emile van Sebille
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"Emile van Sebille" <emile at fenx.com> wrote in message
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> <snip>
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> > Here's my short Pythonic permutation function:
> >
> > def perms(list):
> >   if list == []:
> >     return [[]]
> >   return [[list[i]] + p for i in range(len(list))\
> >     for p in perms(list[:i] + list[i+1:])]
> >
>
> ... which permutes into...
>
> def perms3(list):
>   return not [list] or [[list[i]] + p for i in
> range(len(list))\
>     for p in perms(list[:i] + list[i+1:])]
>
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>
> --
>
> Emile van Sebille
> emile at fenx.com
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