How to get all the permutations of an array?

Asked Mar 28 '15 at 19:35

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I need to create an algorithm that gives all possible variation of an array. For example.

getVariations([1,2,3]) ;

should return

 [
   [1,2,3],
   [1,3,2],
   [2,1,3],
   [2,3,1],
   [3,1,2],
   [3,2,1]
 ]

edited Mar 28 '15 at 19:42

ROMANIA_engineer

asked Mar 28 '15 at 19:35

rex

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Do you mean permutations? – Oriol Mar 28 '15 at 19:38
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I think this is what you're looking for. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9960908/permutations-in-javascript – Sam Mar 28 '15 at 19:39
@Oriol thank you for giving me the right term :) – rex Mar 28 '15 at 19:40
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smells like homework to me – svarog Mar 28 '15 at 19:47

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