Permutations_By_Swapping(str, list:=""){ ch := SubStr(str, 1, 1) ; get left-most charachter of str for i, line in StrSplit(list, "`n") ; for each line in list loop % StrLen(line) + 1 ; loop each possible position Newlist .= RegExReplace(line, mod(i,2) ? "(?=.{" A_Index-1 "}$)" : "^.{" A_Index-1 "}\K", ch) "`n" list := Newlist ? Trim(Newlist, "`n") : ch ; recreate list if !str := SubStr(str, 2) ; remove charachter from left hand side return list ; done if str is empty return Permutations_By_Swapping(str, list) ; else recurse }