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# First, import itertools: | |
# source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/104420/how-to-generate-all-permutations-of-a-list-in-python | |
import itertools | |
# Permutation: | |
print list(itertools.permutations([1,2,3,4], 2)) | |
[(1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), | |
(2, 1), (2, 3), (2, 4), | |
(3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 4), | |
(4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3)] | |
# Combination (order matters): | |
print list(itertools.combinations('123', 2)) | |
[('1', '2'), ('1', '3'), ('2', '3')] | |
#Cartesian product (with several iterables): | |
print list(itertools.product([1,2,3], [4,5,6])) | |
[(1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), | |
(2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6), | |
(3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6)] | |
#Cartesian product (with one iterable and itself): | |
print list(itertools.product([1,2], repeat=3)) | |
[(1, 1, 1), (1, 1, 2), (1, 2, 1), (1, 2, 2), | |
(2, 1, 1), (2, 1, 2), (2, 2, 1), (2, 2, 2)] |