permutation/permutation.go

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/*
Package permutation implements Heap's algorithm for generating permutations of
lists. It uses Go 1.18's new generics feature to provide a generic interface
*/
package permutation
// GenSlice is a generic slice of data
type GenSlice[T any] []T
/*
Permutations uses Heap's Algorithm to generate a list of all possible
permutations of the provided list. Most slices will automatically coerce
their type into a GenSlice[T] with no casting required
*/
func Permutations[T any](arr GenSlice[T]) []GenSlice[T] {
var helper func(GenSlice[T], int)
var res []GenSlice[T]
helper = func(arr GenSlice[T], n int) {
if n == 1 {
var tmp GenSlice[T]
for _, i := range arr {
tmp = append(tmp, i)
}
res = append(res, tmp)
} else {
for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
helper(arr, n-1)
if n%2 == 1 {
tmp := arr[i]
arr[i] = arr[n-1]
arr[n-1] = tmp
} else {
tmp := arr[0]
arr[0] = arr[n-1]
arr[n-1] = tmp
}
}
}
}
helper(arr, len(arr))
return res
}