Print out all permutations of an Array [duplicate]

Answer 1

I have followed this method most of the time .. (it's given by the Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne. ).

public class Permutations {

    // print N! permutation of the characters of the string s (in order)
    public  static void perm1(String s) { perm1("", s); }
    private static void perm1(String prefix, String s) {
        int N = s.length();
        if (N == 0) System.out.println(prefix);
        else {
            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
               perm1(prefix + s.charAt(i), s.substring(0, i) + s.substring(i+1, N));
        }

    }

    // print N! permutation of the elements of array a (not in order)
    public static void perm2(String s) {
       int N = s.length();
       char[] a = new char[N];
       for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
           a[i] = s.charAt(i);
       perm2(a, N);
    }

    private static void perm2(char[] a, int n) {
        if (n == 1) {
            System.out.println(a);
            return;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            swap(a, i, n-1);
            perm2(a, n-1);
            swap(a, i, n-1);
        }
    }  

    // swap the characters at indices i and j
    private static void swap(char[] a, int i, int j) {
        char c;
        c = a[i]; a[i] = a[j]; a[j] = c;
    }

However There is also an easier way to do this. May be you can work also around this

class PermutingArray {
    static void permutingArray(java.util.List arrayList, int element) {
        for (int i = element; i < arrayList.size(); i++) {
            java.util.Collections.swap(arrayList, i, element);
            permutingArray(arrayList, element + 1);
            java.util.Collections.swap(arrayList, element, i);
        }
        if (element == arrayList.size() - 1) {
            System.out.println(java.util.Arrays.toString(arrayList.toArray()));
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        PermutingArray
                .permutingArray(java.util.Arrays.asList(9, 8, 7, 6, 4), 0);
    }
}

Working Example here .. IDeone Link