permutations without recursion
permutations without recursion
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34013675/permutations-without-recursive-function-call
JavaScript
var nextPermutation = function(arr) {
for (var i = arr.length - 2; i >= 0; i--) {
if (arr[i] < arr[i + 1]) {
return arr.slice(0, i).concat([arr[i + 1]]).concat(arr.slice(i + 2).reverse()).concat([arr[i]]);
}
}
// return again the first permutation if calling next permutation on last.
return arr.reverse();
}
console.log(nextPermutation([9, 10, 11, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]));
console.log(nextPermutation([6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]));
console.log(nextPermutation([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]));