class APPLICATION create make feature {NONE} make do test := <<2, 5, 1>> permute (test, 1) end test: ARRAY [INTEGER] permute (a: ARRAY [INTEGER]; k: INTEGER) -- All permutations of 'a'. require count_positive: a.count > 0 k_valid_index: k > 0 local t: INTEGER do if k = a.count then across a as ar loop io.put_integer (ar.item) end io.new_line else across k |..| a.count as c loop t := a [k] a [k] := a [c.item] a [c.item] := t permute (a, k + 1) t := a [k] a [k] := a [c.item] a [c.item] := t end end end end