Algorithm to generate all combinations of a string

Question

I found a link online that shows an algorithm to generate all combinations of a string: http://www.mytechinterviews.com/combinations-of-a-string

Algorithm is copied belo

Answer 1

Here is C++ code without the tricky backtracking step in OP's question.

#include 
#include 
using namespace std;
static const string in("abc");
void combine(int i, string out)
{
    if (i==in.size()) {
        cout << out << endl;
        return;
    }
    combine(i+1, out);
    combine(i+1, out+in[i]);
}

int main()
{
    combine(0, "");
    return 0;
}

I hope this better captures the spirit of combinations.