Thread: Combinations with factorial

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    Combinations with factorial

    Would somebody help me with this.

    Let's take 4! (4 times 3 times 2 times 1 time = 24). This is easy to do but I want to have all 24 combinations on the screen.

    Thanks

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    Code:
    for (x=2; x>0; x--)
    { for (y=2; y>0; y--)
       { if(y==x) continue;
          cout<<x<<","<<y<<endl;
        }
    }
    There is a little code that will do it for 2!. You can expand on that for 4!.

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    You are creating *permutations*.
    Here is a function for creating all permutations in order (there is one in STL too called next_permutation using templates):

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    void swap(int &n1,int &n2) {
        int temp=n1;
        n1=n2;
        n2=temp;
    }
    bool next_permutation(int *table, int length) {
        int key=length-1, i=length-1;
        while(key>0 && table[key]<=table[key-1])
            key--;
        if(key==0)return false;
        key--;
        while(table[key]>=table[i])
            i--;
        swap(table[key],table[i]);
        for(i=length-1,key++;key<i;key++,i--)
            swap(table[key],table[i]);
        return true;
    }
    int main () {
        int i, sequence[10]={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
        do {
          for(i=0;i<10;i++)
    	std::cout<<sequence[i]<<" ";
          std::cout<<std::endl;
        } while(next_permutation(sequence,10));
        return 0;
    }

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    Factorial

    Thanks for the solutions. Is it possible to get a solution so I don't have to specify in advance the number of elements in the array.
    Fero

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    I''m just guessing 'cuz I didn't look carefully (I'm probably wrong, but whatever), but looking at golfinguy's post, try this:

    Code:
    void showStuff(int n)
    {
    
    for (x=n; x>0; x--)
    { for (y=n; y>0; y--)
       { if(y==x) continue;
          cout<<x<<","<<y<<endl;
        }
    }
    
    }
    again, this is a wild guess based on a quick glance at golfinguy's post...
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