producing all anagrams in a string c++ - c++

Question

I saw this problem online, and I was trying to solve it in C++. I have the following algorithm:
char permutations( const char* word ){
int size = strlen( word );
if( size <= 1 ){
return word;
}
else{
string output = word[ 0 ];
for( int i = 0; i < size; i++ ){
output += permutations( word );
cout << output << endl;
output = word[ i ];
}
}
return "";
}
For example, if I have abc as my input, I want to display abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba.
So, what I'm trying to do is
'abc' => 'a' + 'bc' => 'a' + 'b' + 'c'
=> 'a' + 'c' + 'b'
so I need o pass a word less char every function call.
Could someone please help how to do it?

Answer 1

I suggest doing it using the algorithm header library in C++, much easier; and as a function can be written like this:
void anagram(string input){
sort(input.begin(), input.end());
do
cout << input << endl;
while(next_permutation(input.begin(), input.end()));
}
However since you want it without the STL, you can do it like so:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
void swap (char *x, char *y)
{
char ch = *x;
*x = *y;
*y = ch;
};
void permutate_(char* str, size_t index )
{
size_t i = 0;
size_t slen = strlen(str);
char lastChar = 0;
if (index == slen )
{
puts(str);
return;
}
for (i = index; i < slen; i++ )
{
if (lastChar == str[i])
continue;
else
lastChar = str[i];
swap(str+index, str+i);
permutate_(str, index + 1);
swap(str+index, str+i);
}
}
// pretty lame, but effective, comparitor for determining winner
static int cmpch(const void * a, const void * b)
{
return ( *(char*)a - *(char*)b );
}
// loader for real permutor
void permutate(char* str)
{
qsort(str, strlen(str), sizeof(str[0]), cmpch);
permutate_(str, 0);
}
Which you can call by sending it a sorted array of characters,
permutate("Hello World");
The non-STL approach was gotten from here.

Answer 2

The STL is wonderful:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;
void permutations(const char *word) {
string s = word;
sort(s.begin(), s.end());
cout << s << endl;
while(next_permutation(s.begin(), s.end()))
cout << s << endl;
}
int main() {
permutations("abc");
return 0;
}
Now, next_permutation can be implemented quite simply. From the end of the string, iterate backwards until you find an element x which is less than the next element. Swap x with the next value larger than x in the remainder of the string, and reverse the elements coming afterwards. So, abcd becomes abdc since c < d; cdba becomes dabc since c < d and we flip the last three letters of dcba; bdca becomes cabd because b < d and we swap b for c.