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46. Permutations

Description

Given an array nums of distinct integers, return all the possible permutations. You can return the answer in any order.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,2,3]
Output: [[1,2,3],[1,3,2],[2,1,3],[2,3,1],[3,1,2],[3,2,1]]

Example 2:

Input: nums = [0,1]
Output: [[0,1],[1,0]]

Example 3:

Input: nums = [1]
Output: [[1]]

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 6
  • -10 <= nums[i] <= 10
  • All the integers of nums are unique.

Solutions

Solution 1: DFS (Backtracking)

We design a function $dfs(i)$ to represent that the first $i$ positions have been filled, and now we need to fill the $i+1$ position. We enumerate all possible numbers, if this number has not been filled, we fill in this number, and then continue to fill the next position, until all positions are filled.

The time complexity is $O(n \times n!)$, where $n$ is the length of the array. There are $n!$ permutations in total, and each permutation takes $O(n)$ time to construct.

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class Solution:
    def permute(self, nums: List[int]) -> List[List[int]]:
        return list(permutations(nums))

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class Solution:
    def permute(self, nums: List[int]) -> List[List[int]]:
        def dfs(i):
            if i == n:
                ans.append(t[:])
                return
            for j in range(n):
                if not vis[j]:
                    vis[j] = True
                    t[i] = nums[j]
                    dfs(i + 1)
                    vis[j] = False

        n = len(nums)
        vis = [False] * n
        t = [0] * n
        ans = []
        dfs(0)
        return ans

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class Solution {
    private List<List<Integer>> ans = new ArrayList<>();
    private List<Integer> t = new ArrayList<>();
    private boolean[] vis;
    private int[] nums;

    public List<List<Integer>> permute(int[] nums) {
        this.nums = nums;
        vis = new boolean[nums.length];
        dfs(0);
        return ans;
    }

    private void dfs(int i) {
        if (i == nums.length) {
            ans.add(new ArrayList<>(t));
            return;
        }
        for (int j = 0; j < nums.length; ++j) {
            if (!vis[j]) {
                vis[j] = true;
                t.add(nums[j]);
                dfs(i + 1);
                t.remove(t.size() - 1);
                vis[j] = false;
            }
        }
    }
}

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class Solution {
public:
    vector<vector<int>> permute(vector<int>& nums) {
        int n = nums.size();
        vector<vector<int>> ans;
        vector<int> t(n);
        vector<bool> vis(n);
        function<void(int)> dfs = [&](int i) {
            if (i == n) {
                ans.emplace_back(t);
                return;
            }
            for (int j = 0; j < n; ++j) {
                if (!vis[j]) {
                    vis[j] = true;
                    t[i] = nums[j];
                    dfs(i + 1);
                    vis[j] = false;
                }
            }
        };
        dfs(0);
        return ans;
    }
};

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func permute(nums []int) (ans [][]int) {