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A JavaScript implement of Heap's efficient Permutation Algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heap%27s_algorithm
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var swap = function (array, pos1, pos2) { | |
var temp = array[pos1]; | |
array[pos1] = array[pos2]; | |
array[pos2] = temp; | |
}; | |
var heapsPermute = function (array, output, n) { | |
n = n || array.length; // set n default to array.length | |
if (n === 1) { | |
output(array); | |
} else { | |
for (var i = 1; i <= n; i += 1) { | |
heapsPermute(array, output, n - 1); | |
if (n % 2) { | |
var j = 1; | |
} else { | |
var j = i; | |
} | |
swap(array, j - 1, n - 1); // -1 to account for javascript zero-indexing | |
} | |
} | |
}; | |
// For testing: | |
var print = function(input){ | |
console.log(input); | |
} | |
heapsPermute(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], print); | |
// heapsPermute([1, 2, 3], print) |
Thank you so much for this!
A quick spelling error I found, in the console.log on line 27, should be input, not intput.
Thanks again!
@danieldrasdo: Fixed the typo, thanks! Glad it helped you. 😄
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See: http://dsernst.com/2014/12/14/heaps-permutation-algorithm-in-javascript/ for more details