Re: Enumerating Permutations
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg20063] Re: [mg20006] Enumerating Permutations
- From: "Vic Fanberg" <fanberg at email.msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 03:33:24 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
>For example:
>
>In[3]:=
>NthPermutation[3, {a, b, c, d}]
>Out[3]=
>{a, c, d, b}
>The algorithm that does this is the obvious one. I can describe it in words
>if you really want it but it is better to just look at the code in the
>Combinatorica package.
This is exactly what I am looking for. I just did not want to potentially
expand the whole list of permutations before I selected one. Where do I
find the Conbinatorica package?
Vic