作为Python生成器，带有现代类型提示:

from typing import Iterator


def permutations(string: str, prefix: str = '') -> Iterator[str]:
    if len(string) == 0:
        yield prefix
    for i, character in enumerate(string):
        yield from permutations(string[:i] + string[i + 1:], prefix + character)


for p in permutations('abcd'):
    print(p)

改进的代码相同

    static String permutationStr[];
    static int indexStr = 0;

    static int factorial (int i) {
        if (i == 1)
            return 1;
        else
            return i * factorial(i-1);
    }

    public static void permutation(String str) {
        char strArr[] = str.toLowerCase().toCharArray();
        java.util.Arrays.sort(strArr);

        int count = 1, dr = 1;
        for (int i = 0; i < strArr.length-1; i++){
            if ( strArr[i] == strArr[i+1]) {
                count++;
            } else {
                dr *= factorial(count);
                count = 1;
            }       
        }
        dr *= factorial(count);

        count = factorial(strArr.length) / dr;

        permutationStr = new String[count];

        permutation("", str);

        for (String oneStr : permutationStr){
            System.out.println(oneStr);
        }
    }

    private static void permutation(String prefix, String str) {
        int n = str.length();
        if (n == 0) {
            for (int i = 0; i < indexStr; i++){
                if(permutationStr[i].equals(prefix))
                    return;
            }        
            permutationStr[indexStr++] = prefix;
        } else {
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                permutation(prefix + str.charAt(i), str.substring(0, i) + str.substring(i + 1, n));
            }
        }
    }

使用Set操作建模“依赖于其他选择的选择”更容易理解相关排列 使用依赖排列，可用的选择减少，因为位置被从左到右的选定字符填充。递归调用的终端条件是测试可用选择集是否为空。当满足终端条件时，置换完成，并存储到“结果”列表中。

public static List<String> stringPermutation(String s) {
    List<String> results = new ArrayList<>();
    Set<Character> charSet = s.chars().mapToObj(m -> (char) m).collect(Collectors.toSet());
    stringPermutation(charSet, "", results);
    return results;
}

private static void stringPermutation(Set<Character> charSet, 
        String prefix, List<String> results) {
    if (charSet.isEmpty()) {
        results.add(prefix);
        return;
    }
    for (Character c : charSet) {
        Set<Character> newSet = new HashSet<>(charSet);
        newSet.remove(c);
        stringPermutation(newSet, prefix + c, results);
    }
} 

该代码可以泛化为一组对象查找排列。在本例中，我使用了一组颜色。

public enum Color{
    ORANGE,RED,BULE,GREEN,YELLOW;
}

public static List<List<Color>> colorPermutation(Set<Color> colors) {
    List<List<Color>> results = new ArrayList<>();
    List<Color> prefix = new ArrayList<>();
    permutation(colors, prefix, results);
    return results;
}

private static <T> void permutation(Set<T> set, List<T> prefix, List<List<T>> results) {
    if (set.isEmpty()) {
        results.add(prefix);
        return;
    }
    for (T t : set) {
        Set<T> newSet = new HashSet<>(set);
        List<T> newPrefix = new ArrayList<>(prefix);
        newSet.remove(t);
        newPrefix.add(t);
        permutation(newSet, newPrefix, results);
    }
} 

测试代码。

public static void main(String[] args) {
    List<String> stringPerm = stringPermutation("abcde");
    System.out.println("# of permutations:" + stringPerm.size());
    stringPerm.stream().forEach(e -> System.out.println(e));

    Set<Color> colorSet = Arrays.stream(Color.values()).collect(Collectors.toSet());
    List<List<Color>> colorPerm = colorPermutation(colorSet);
    System.out.println("# of permutations:" + colorPerm.size());
    colorPerm.stream().forEach(e -> System.out.println(e));
}

下面是两个c#版本(仅供参考): 1. 打印所有排列 2. 返回所有排列

算法的基本要点是(可能下面的代码更直观-尽管如此，下面的代码是做什么的一些解释): -从当前索引到集合的其余部分，交换当前索引处的元素 -递归地获得下一个索引中剩余元素的排列 -恢复秩序，通过重新交换

注意:上述递归函数将从起始索引中调用。

private void PrintAllPermutations(int[] a, int index, ref int count)
        {
            if (index == (a.Length - 1))
            {
                count++;
                var s = string.Format("{0}: {1}", count, string.Join(",", a));
                Debug.WriteLine(s);
            }
            for (int i = index; i < a.Length; i++)
            {
                Utilities.swap(ref a[i], ref a[index]);
                this.PrintAllPermutations(a, index + 1, ref count);
                Utilities.swap(ref a[i], ref a[index]);
            }
        }
        private int PrintAllPermutations(int[] a)
        {
            a.ThrowIfNull("a");
            int count = 0;
            this.PrintAllPermutations(a, index:0, count: ref count);
            return count;
        }

版本2(与上面相同-但返回排列而不是打印)

private int[][] GetAllPermutations(int[] a, int index)
        {
            List<int[]> permutations = new List<int[]>();
            if (index == (a.Length - 1))
            {
                permutations.Add(a.ToArray());
            }

            for (int i = index; i < a.Length; i++)
            {
                Utilities.swap(ref a[i], ref a[index]);
                var r = this.GetAllPermutations(a, index + 1);
                permutations.AddRange(r);
                Utilities.swap(ref a[i], ref a[index]);
            }
            return permutations.ToArray();
        }
        private int[][] GetAllPermutations(int[] p)
        {
            p.ThrowIfNull("p");
            return this.GetAllPermutations(p, 0);
        }

单元测试

[TestMethod]
        public void PermutationsTests()
        {
            List<int> input = new List<int>();
            int[] output = { 0, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120 };
            for (int i = 0; i <= 5; i++)
            {
                if (i != 0)
                {
                    input.Add(i);
                }
                Debug.WriteLine("================PrintAllPermutations===================");
                int count = this.PrintAllPermutations(input.ToArray());
                Assert.IsTrue(count == output[i]);
                Debug.WriteLine("=====================GetAllPermutations=================");
                var r = this.GetAllPermutations(input.ToArray());
                Assert.IsTrue(count == r.Length);
                for (int j = 1; j <= r.Length;j++ )
                {
                    string s = string.Format("{0}: {1}", j,
                        string.Join(",", r[j - 1]));
                    Debug.WriteLine(s);
                }
                Debug.WriteLine("No.OfElements: {0}, TotalPerms: {1}", i, count);
            }
        }

递归Python解决方案

def permute(input_str):
    _permute("", input_str)

def _permute(prefix, str_to_permute):
    if str_to_permute == '':
        print(prefix)

    else:
        for i in range(len(str_to_permute)): 
            _permute(prefix+str_to_permute[i], str_to_permute[0:i] + str_to_permute[i+1:])

if __name__ == '__main__':
    permute('foobar')

public static void permutation(String str) { 
    permutation("", str); 
}

private static void permutation(String prefix, String str) {
    int n = str.length();
    if (n == 0) System.out.println(prefix);
    else {
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            permutation(prefix + str.charAt(i), str.substring(0, i) + str.substring(i+1, n));
    }
}

(通过Java编程入门)