# Algorithm to find all possible permutations of a string or array

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How can I implement a generic algorithm which generates all possible permutations of a string or array elements ?

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Here is another C program to achieve the same.

It uses a macro N which is defined as of length 9 initially.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#define N 9     /// 9 characters as of now
// array which will hold the permuted combination
char table[N];
void permute(int, int);
void display_table(int);
int permute_count = 0;
int main()
{
printf("Please enter the string\n");
gets(table);
printf("\n\n");
permute(1, strlen(table));
printf("Total number of permutations is = %d\n", permute_count);
return 0;
}
void permute(int low, int high)
{
char temp, tab[N];
int j = 0, k = 0;
if(low == high)
display_table(high);
else
{
for(j = 0; j < high; j++) tab[j] = table[j];
for(k = low; k <= high; k++)
{
permute(low + 1, high);
if(k != high)
{
temp = tab[low - 1];
tab[low - 1] = tab[k];
tab[k] = temp;
for(j = 0; j < high; j++) table[j] = tab[j];
}
}
}
}
void display_table(int num)
{
int i = 0;
for(i = 0; i < num; i++)
putchar(table[i]);
permute_count++;
printf("\n");
}

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