![]() ![]() To move the right pointer to the right we will use a for loop, however we need to start always from the left pointer or else we will explore things we have already explored.To move the left pointer to the right we will use recursive increment.(swap in with in) (swap in with in) (swap in with in)(swap in with in) (swap in with in)(swap in with in) (swap in with in) (swap in with in) (swap in with in) Here is a graphical visualisation: left index| Input String: In our example the base case is: left = input.length - 1. In recursive algorithms (such as the backtracking), the case where you need to stop is called base case. When do we stop? When the left pointer has reached the length of the input string - 1, 'cause there is no more characters after this index. The idea is to swap each of the remaining characters in the string with its first character and then find all the permutations of the remaining characters using a recursive call. Now I do not want to work with it anymore but I would love to continue with the second left most from the results I have so far.' Approach 1: (Using Backtracking) We can in-place find all permutations of the given string by using backtracking. Another way to imagine this situation is to say: 'Hey, I am done with the left most character. However, keeping the input from step 2 and 3. Now you need to do exact same steps from above but move the left pointer so that it points to the next left most character. Moving the right pointer with a step at a time we can do with a for loop which starts from the left index and ends with the input length - 1. So our right pointer needs to stay less than the max index in the input. Ok, now we need to stop as there are no more target right characters to be swapped with the left most character. With the same left most character (at index 0) do the swapping with the next next target right character (i.e.move the target right pointer with 1 step further. With the same left most character (at index 0) do the swapping with target right character at index 0 + 1 = 1, i.e.We then recursively repeat the above process for the remaining characters in the string until there is none left. So let's say we will have a left and right pointer. To form all possible permutations of a given string, we extract characters from the string one by one (using a loop) and append them to another string ( perm ). Swapping characters normally requires two pointers which point to each of the characters. This is because is a valid permutation on its own therefore we want to keep it. This is the character at index 0 and swap it with target right character at index 0, i.e. To demonstrate a solution, imagine how you would solve this problem by hand for a small set of input characters. Solution: Backtracking algorithm excels in solving exploratory problems, although it comes with high time complexity. ![]() ![]() Problem classification: You can look at this problem as an exploration problem, i.e., given a set of input characters explore the different ways you can arrange them. ![]()
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