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Permutations[list]
generates a list of all possible permutations of the elements in list.

Permutations[list, n]
gives all permutations containing at most n elements.

Permutations[list, {n}]
gives all permutations containing exactly n elements.

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There are n! permutations of a list of n distinct elements.

Repeated elements are treated as identical. »

The object list need not have head List.

Permutations[list] is effectively equivalent to Permutations[list, {Length[list]}].

Permutations[list, {n_min, n_max}] gives permutations of between n_min and n_max elements.

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