*        Permutations              26/10/2015
PERMUTE  CSECT
         USING  PERMUTE,R15        set base register
         LA     R9,TMP-A           n=hbound(a)
         SR     R10,R10            nn=0
LOOP     LA     R10,1(R10)         nn=nn+1
         LA     R11,PG             pgi=@pg
         LA     R6,1               i=1
LOOPI1   CR     R6,R9              do i=1 to n
         BH     ELOOPI1
         LA     R2,A-1(R6)         @a(i)
         MVC    0(1,R11),0(R2)     output a(i)
         LA     R11,1(R11)         pgi=pgi+1
         LA     R6,1(R6)           i=i+1
         B      LOOPI1
ELOOPI1  XPRNT  PG,80
         LR     R6,R9              i=n
LOOPUIM  BCTR   R6,0               i=i-1
         LTR    R6,R6              until i=0
         BE     ELOOPUIM
         LA     R2,A-1(R6)         @a(i)
         LA     R3,A(R6)           @a(i+1)
         CLC    0(1,R2),0(R3)      or until a(i)<a(i+1)
         BNL    LOOPUIM
ELOOPUIM LR     R7,R6              j=i
         LA     R7,1(R7)           j=i+1
         LR     R8,R9              k=n
LOOPWJ   CR     R7,R8              do while j<k
         BNL    ELOOPWJ
         LA     R2,A-1(R7)         r2=@a(j)
         LA     R3,A-1(R8)         r3=@a(k)
         MVC    TMP,0(R2)          tmp=a(j)
         MVC    0(1,R2),0(R3)      a(j)=a(k)
         MVC    0(1,R3),TMP        a(k)=tmp
         LA     R7,1(R7)           j=j+1
         BCTR   R8,0               k=k-1
         B      LOOPWJ
ELOOPWJ  LTR    R6,R6              if i>0
         BNP    ILE0
         LR     R7,R6              j=i
         LA     R7,1(R7)           j=i+1
LOOPWA   LA     R2,A-1(R7)         @a(j)
         LA     R3,A-1(R6)         @a(i)
         CLC    0(1,R2),0(R3)      do while a(j)<a(i)
         BNL    AJGEAI
         LA     R7,1(R7)           j=j+1
         B      LOOPWA
AJGEAI   LA     R2,A-1(R7)         r2=@a(j)
         LA     R3,A-1(R6)         r3=@a(i)
         MVC    TMP,0(R2)          tmp=a(j)
         MVC    0(1,R2),0(R3)      a(j)=a(i)
         MVC    0(1,R3),TMP        a(i)=tmp
ILE0     LTR    R6,R6              until i<>0
         BNE    LOOP
         XR     R15,R15            set return code
         BR     R14                return to caller
A        DC     C'ABCD'            <== input
TMP      DS     C                  temp for swap
PG       DC     CL80' '            buffer
         YREGS
         END    PERMUTE