How can I print out all possible letter combinations a given phone number can represent?

Question

I just tried for my first programming interview and one of the questions was to write a program that given a 7 digit telephone number, could print all possible combinations

Answer 1

public class Permutation {

    //display all combination attached to a 3 digit number

    public static void main(String ar[]){

            char data[][]= new char[][]{{'a','k','u'},
                                {'b','l','v'},
                                {'c','m','w'},
                                {'d','n','x'},
                                {'e','o','y'},
                                {'f','p','z'},
                                {'g','q','0'},
                                {'h','r','0'},
                                {'i','s','0'},
                                {'j','t','0'}};


        int num1, num2, num3=0;
        char tempdata[][]= new char[3][3];
        StringBuilder number = new StringBuilder("324"); // a 3 digit number

        //copy data to a tempdata array-------------------
        num1= Integer.parseInt(number.substring(0,1));
        tempdata[0] = data[num1];
        num2= Integer.parseInt(number.substring(1,2));
        tempdata[1] = data[num2];
        num3= Integer.parseInt(number.substring(2,3));
        tempdata[2] = data[num3];

        //display all combinations--------------------
        char temp2[][]=tempdata;
        char tempd, tempd2;
        int i,i2, i3=0;
        for(i=0;i<3;i++){
                tempd = temp2[0][i];
             for (i2=0;i2<3;i2++){
                 tempd2 = temp2[1][i2];
                 for(i3=0;i3<3;i3++){
                     System.out.print(tempd);
                     System.out.print(tempd2);
                     System.out.print(temp2[2][i3]);
                     System.out.println();
                 }//for i3

            }//for i2
         }
    }

}//end of class