Python: Create all possible permutations from a given collection of distinct numbers
Python Basic - 1: Exercise-12 with Solution
Write a Python program to create all possible permutations from a given collection of distinct numbers.
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Sample Solution:
Python Code:
def permute(nums):
result_perms = [[]]
for n in nums:
new_perms = []
for perm in result_perms:
for i in range(len(perm)+1):
new_perms.append(perm[:i] + [n] + perm[i:])
result_perms = new_perms
return result_perms
my_nums = [1,2,3]
print("Original Cofllection: ",my_nums)
print("Collection of distinct numbers:\n",permute(my_nums))
Sample Output:
Original Cofllection: [1, 2, 3] Collection of distinct numbers: [[3, 2, 1], [2, 3, 1], [2, 1, 3], [3, 1, 2], [1, 3, 2], [1, 2, 3]]
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Iterating over dictionaries using 'for' loops:
I am a bit puzzled by the following code: d = {'x': 1, 'y': 2, 'z': 3} for key in d: print key, 'corresponds to', d[key] What I don't understand is the key portion. How does Python recognize ...
key is just a variable name.
for key in d:
For Python 3.x:
for key, value in d.items():
For Python 2.x:
for key, value in d.iteritems():
To test for yourself, change the word key to poop.
In Python 3.x, iteritems() was replaced with simply items(), which returns a set-like view backed by the dict, like iteritems() but even better. This is also available in 2.7 as viewitems().
The operation items() will work for both 2 and 3, but in 2 it will return a list of the dictionary's (key, value) pairs, which will not reflect changes to the dict that happen after the items() call. If you want the 2.x behavior in 3.x, you can call list(d.items()).
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