#----------------------------------------------------------------------- # combinations.py #----------------------------------------------------------------------- import stdio import sys #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Return a list containing strings which are the combinations of the # letters of string s, of any length. def combinations(s): strings = [] for i in range(len(s)+1): strings += combinationsOfLength(s, i) return strings #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Return a list containing strings which are the length k combinations # of the letters of string s. def combinationsOfLength(s, k): if k == 0: return [''] strings = [] for i in range(len(s)): subStrings = combinationsOfLength(s[i+1:], k-1) for subString in subStrings: strings += [s[i] + subString] return strings #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Write each string within list strings to standard output. def writeStrings(strings): for s in strings: if s == '': stdio.writeln('empty') else: stdio.writeln(s) stdio.writeln() #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Accept integer command-line argument n. Write to standard # output all combinations of the first n characters of the # alphabet of any length. def main(): n = int(sys.argv[1]) ALPHABET = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' string = ALPHABET[:n] strings = combinations(string) writeStrings(strings) if __name__ == '__main__': main() #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # python combinations.py 4 # empty # a # b # c # d # ab # ac # ad # bc # bd # cd # abc # abd # acd # bcd # abcd