# # program to produce all permutations of a list # # Matt Bishop, MHI 289I, Fall 2024 # # # this is the list to be permuted # data = [ '1', '2', '3' ] # # this function does the permutation # def perm(lst): # base cases: if list is empty or # has 1 element, return it as a list # so it can be appended to the list # of permutations if len(lst) == 0: return [ ] if len(lst) == 1: return [ lst ] # this will hold the permuted lists of lst intlst = [ ] # move each element in the list to the front # and permute the rest of the list; for each # permutation, prepend the front element and # save the result in the list of permutations for i in range(len(lst)): # drop the i-th element; this gives you # the rest of the list to be permuted remlst = lst[:i] + lst[i+1:] # generate the permutations of the rest # for each permutation, prepend the one # you held back and add it to the list of # permutations for p in perm(remlst): intlst.append([ lst[i] ] + p) # return the list of permutations return intlst # # this deletes any duplicates # it copies the elements into a new list after # checking whether the element is already in # the list; if it is, do not copy it def deldup(lst): # start the new list newlst = [ ] # walk down the list, checking as above for i in lst: if i not in newlst: newlst.append(i) # return the new list with no duplicates return newlst # # compute the list of permutations, # deleting any duplicates # uselst = deldup(perm(data)) # # now print the results # for p in uselst: print(p)