Are there any better methods to do permutation of string?

Question

void permute(string elems, int mid, int end)
{
    static int count;
    if (mid == end) {
        cout << ++count << \" : \" << elems << end         


        

Answer 1

  //***************anagrams**************//


  //************************************** this code works only when there are no   
  repeatations in the original string*************//
  #include<iostream>
  using namespace std;

  int counter=0;

  void print(char empty[],int size)
  {

  for(int i=0;i<size;i++)
  {
    cout<<empty[i];
  }
  cout<<endl;
  }


  void makecombination(char original[],char empty[],char comb[],int k,int& nc,int size)
{
nc=0;

int flag=0;
for(int i=0;i<size;i++)
{
    flag=0;                                                                   // {
    for(int j=0;j<k;j++)
    {
        if(empty[j]==original[i])                                                                // remove this code fragment
        {                                                                                        // to print permutations with repeatation
            flag=1;
            break;
        }
    }
    if(flag==0)                                                                // }
    {
        comb[nc++]=original[i];
    }
}
//cout<<"checks  ";
//    print(comb,nc);
}


void recurse(char original[],char empty[],int k,int size)
{
char *comb=new char[size];


int nc;


if(k==size)
{
    counter++;
    print(empty,size);
    //cout<<counter<<endl;

}
else
{
    makecombination(original,empty,comb,k,nc,size);
    k=k+1;
    for(int i=0;i<nc;i++)
    {
        empty[k-1]=comb[i];

        cout<<"k = "<<k<<" nc = "<<nc<<" empty[k-1] = "<<empty[k-1]<<endl;//checks the  value of k , nc, empty[k-1] for proper understanding
        recurse(original,empty,k,size);
    }
}

}

int main()
{
const int size=3;
int k=0;
char original[]="ABC";

char empty[size];
for(int f=0;f<size;f++)
empty[f]='*';

recurse(original,empty,k,size);

cout<<endl<<counter<<endl;
return 0;
}

Answer 2

If you are interested in permutation generation I did a research paper on it a while back : http://www.oriontransfer.co.nz/research/permutation-generation

It comes complete with source code, and there are 5 or so different methods implemented.

Answer 3

**// Prints all permutation of a string**

    #include<bits/stdc++.h>
    using namespace std;


    void printPermutations(string input, string output){
        if(input.length() == 0){
            cout<<output <<endl;
            return;
        }

        for(int i=0; i<=output.length(); i++){
            printPermutations(input.substr(1),  output.substr(0,i) + input[0] + output.substr(i));
        }
    }

    int main(){
        string s = "ABC";
        printPermutations(s, "");
        return 0;
    }

Answer 4

Here yet another recursive function for string permutations:

void permute(string prefix, string suffix, vector<string> &res) {
    if (suffix.size() < 1) {
        res.push_back(prefix);
        return;
    }
    for (size_t i = 0; i < suffix.size(); i++) {
        permute(prefix + suffix[i], suffix.substr(0,i) + suffix.substr(i + 1), res);
    }
}


int main(){
    string str = "123";
    vector<string> res;
    permute("", str, res);
}

The function collects all permutations in vector res. The idea can be generalized for different type of containers using templates and iterators:

template <typename Cont1_t, typename Cont2_t>
void permute(typename Cont1_t prefix,
    typename Cont1_t::iterator beg, typename Cont1_t::iterator end,
    Cont2_t &result)
{
    if (beg == end) {
        result.insert(result.end(), prefix);
        return;
    }
    for (auto it = beg; it != end; ++it) {
        prefix.insert(prefix.end(), *it);
        Cont1_t tmp;
        for (auto i = beg; i != end; ++i)
            if (i != it)
                tmp.insert(tmp.end(), *i);

        permute(prefix, tmp.begin(), tmp.end(), result);
        prefix.erase(std::prev(prefix.end()));
    }
}

int main()
{
    string str = "123";
    vector<string> rStr;
    permute<string, vector<string>>("", str.begin(), str.end(), rStr);

    vector<int>vint = { 1,2,3 };
    vector<vector<int>> rInt;
    permute<vector<int>, vector<vector<int>>>({}, vint.begin(), vint.end(), rInt);

    list<long> ll = { 1,2,3 };
    vector<list<long>> vlist;
    permute<list<long>, vector<list<long>>>({}, ll.begin(), ll.end(), vlist);
}

This may be an interesting programming exercise, but in production code you should use a non recusrive version of permutation , like next_permutation.

Answer 5

Actually you can do it using Knuth shuffling algo!

// find all the permutations of a string
// using Knuth radnom shuffling algorithm!

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

template <typename T, class Func>
void permutation(T array, std::size_t N, Func func)
{
    func(array);
    for (std::size_t n = N-1; n > 0; --n)
    {
        for (std::size_t k = 0; k <= n; ++k)
        {
            if (array[k] == array[n]) continue;
            using std::swap;
            swap(array[k], array[n]);
            func(array);
        }
    }
}

int main()
{
    while (std::cin.good())
    {
        std::string str;
        std::cin >> str;
        permutation(str, str.length(), [](std::string const &s){ 
            std::cout << s << std::endl; });
    }
}

Answer 6

This post: http://cplusplus.co.il/2009/11/14/enumerating-permutations/ deals with permuting just about anything, not only strings. The post itself and the comments below are pretty informative and I wouldn't want to copy&paste..