September 2017 Update

Task/Permutations/Kotlin/permutations.kotlin

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+// version 1.1.2
+
+fun <T> permute(input: List<T>): List<List<T>> {
+    if (input.size == 1) return listOf(input)
+    val perms = mutableListOf<List<T>>()
+    val toInsert = input[0]
+    for (perm in permute(input.drop(1))) {
+        for (i in 0..perm.size) {
+            val newPerm = perm.toMutableList()
+            newPerm.add(i, toInsert)
+            perms.add(newPerm)
+        }
+    }
+    return perms
+}
+
+fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    val input = listOf('a', 'b', 'c', 'd')
+    val perms = permute(input)
+    println("There are ${perms.size} permutations of $input, namely:\n")
+    for (perm in perms) println(perm)
+}