#!/usr/bin/env python
__version__ = "1.0"
"""xpermutations.py
Generators for calculating a) the permutations of a sequence and
b) the combinations and selections of a number of elements from a
sequence. Uses Python 2.2 generators.
Similar solutions found also in comp.lang.python
Keywords: generator, combination, permutation, selection
See also: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/105962
See also: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/66463
See also: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/66465
"""
from __future__ import generators
def xcombinations(items, n):
if n==0: yield []
else:
for i in xrange(len(items)):
for cc in xcombinations(items[:i]+items[i+1:],n-1):
yield [items[i]]+cc
def xuniqueCombinations(items, n):
if n==0: yield []
else:
for i in xrange(len(items)):
for cc in xuniqueCombinations(items[i+1:],n-1):
yield [items[i]]+cc
def xselections(items, n):
if n==0: yield []
else:
for i in xrange(len(items)):
for ss in xselections(items, n-1):
yield [items[i]]+ss
def xpermutations(items):
return xcombinations(items, len(items))
if __name__=="__main__":
print "Permutations of 'love'"
for p in xpermutations(['l','o','v','e']): print ''.join(p)
print
print "Combinations of 2 letters from 'love'"
for c in xcombinations(['l','o','v','e'],2): print ''.join(c)
print
print "Unique Combinations of 2 letters from 'love'"
for uc in xuniqueCombinations(['l','o','v','e'],2): print ''.join(uc)
print
print "Selections of 2 letters from 'love'"
for s in xselections(['l','o','v','e'],2): print ''.join(s)
print
print map(''.join, list(xpermutations('done')))
