objective-c - 生成 NSArray 元素的排列

Question

假设我有一个像这样的 NSNumbers 的 NSArray:1、2、3

那么所有可能排列的集合看起来像这样:

1, 2, 3

1, 3, 2

2, 1, 3

2, 3, 1

3, 1, 2

3, 2, 1

在 objective-c 中执行此操作的好方法是什么？

Answer 1

我已经使用了上面 Wevah 的回答中的代码并发现了它的一些问题所以我在这里进行更改以使其正常工作:

NSArray+Permutation.h

@interface NSArray(Permutation)

- (NSArray *)allPermutations;

@end

NSArray+Permutation.m

#import "NSArray+Permutation.h"

#define MAX_PERMUTATION_COUNT   20000

NSInteger *pc_next_permutation(NSInteger *perm, const NSInteger size);
NSInteger *pc_next_permutation(NSInteger *perm, const NSInteger size) 
{
    // slide down the array looking for where we're smaller than the next guy
    NSInteger pos1;
    for (pos1 = size - 1; perm[pos1] >= perm[pos1 + 1] && pos1 > -1; --pos1);

    // if this doesn't occur, we've finished our permutations
    // the array is reversed: (1, 2, 3, 4) => (4, 3, 2, 1)
    if (pos1 == -1)
        return NULL;

    assert(pos1 >= 0 && pos1 <= size);

    NSInteger pos2;
    // slide down the array looking for a bigger number than what we found before
    for (pos2 = size; perm[pos2] <= perm[pos1] && pos2 > 0; --pos2);

    assert(pos2 >= 0 && pos2 <= size);

    // swap them
    NSInteger tmp = perm[pos1]; perm[pos1] = perm[pos2]; perm[pos2] = tmp;

    // now reverse the elements in between by swapping the ends
    for (++pos1, pos2 = size; pos1 < pos2; ++pos1, --pos2) {
        assert(pos1 >= 0 && pos1 <= size);
        assert(pos2 >= 0 && pos2 <= size);

        tmp = perm[pos1]; perm[pos1] = perm[pos2]; perm[pos2] = tmp;
    }

    return perm;
}

@implementation NSArray(Permutation)

- (NSArray *)allPermutations
{
    NSInteger size = [self count];
    NSInteger *perm = malloc(size * sizeof(NSInteger));

    for (NSInteger idx = 0; idx < size; ++idx)
        perm[idx] = idx;

    NSInteger permutationCount = 0;

    --size;

    NSMutableArray *perms = [NSMutableArray array];

    do {
        NSMutableArray *newPerm = [NSMutableArray array];

        for (NSInteger i = 0; i <= size; ++i)
            [newPerm addObject:[self objectAtIndex:perm[i]]];

        [perms addObject:newPerm];
    } while ((perm = pc_next_permutation(perm, size)) && ++permutationCount < MAX_PERMUTATION_COUNT);
    free(perm);

    return perms;
}

@end