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Given a list of letters,



letters = { "A", "B", ..., "F" }


is it possible to get Mathematica to generate all ‘words’ (in this example, 6 letter words), if only one letter can be used one time only, e.g. ABCDEF, ABCDFE, …? TIA.










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    Given a list of letters,



    letters = { "A", "B", ..., "F" }


    is it possible to get Mathematica to generate all ‘words’ (in this example, 6 letter words), if only one letter can be used one time only, e.g. ABCDEF, ABCDFE, …? TIA.










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      Given a list of letters,



      letters = { "A", "B", ..., "F" }


      is it possible to get Mathematica to generate all ‘words’ (in this example, 6 letter words), if only one letter can be used one time only, e.g. ABCDEF, ABCDFE, …? TIA.










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      Given a list of letters,



      letters = { "A", "B", ..., "F" }


      is it possible to get Mathematica to generate all ‘words’ (in this example, 6 letter words), if only one letter can be used one time only, e.g. ABCDEF, ABCDFE, …? TIA.







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          Pemutations will do it:



          letters = {"a", "b", "c"};
          Permutations[letters, {3}]
          {{"a", "b", "c"}, {"a", "c", "b"}, {"b", "a", "c"},
          {"b", "c", "a"}, {"c", "a", "b"}, {"c", "b", "a"}}


          To get all six-letter words:



          letters = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"};
          perms = Permutations[letters, {6}];
          StringJoin /@ perms

          {"abcdef", "abcdfe", "abcedf", "abcefd", "abcfde" ... etc.


          there are a lot of them.






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            You can create permutations with all of the letters as strings with:



            StringJoin /@ Permutations[letters]


            If you want lists of the individual letters just use:



            Permutations[letters]


            Check the documentation of Permutations to learn about permutations with subsets of letters. If you want to use each letter more than once, look at the documentation for Tuples.






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              Thanks(x2). Is there some way to check how many words contain a ‘sub-word’, like ‘ab’ or even a set of ‘sub-words’ like ‘ab’ and ‘cd’? And is there any web page or text book that deals with combinatorics in Mathematica (on a more ‘basic’ level) that I could visit/buy and read?
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            If I follow the OP's question, I think they want the following:



            letters = {"a", "b", "c"};
            p = Permutations[letters, {#}] & /@ Range[Length[letters]];
            (StringJoin[#] & /@ #) & /@ p

            {{a, b, c}, {ab, ac, ba, bc, ca, cb}, {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}}





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              No, the OP requested all six letter words.
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              Your last line can be written more cleanly as Map@StringJoin/@p or Map[StringJoin, p, {2}].
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            Pemutations will do it:



            letters = {"a", "b", "c"};
            Permutations[letters, {3}]
            {{"a", "b", "c"}, {"a", "c", "b"}, {"b", "a", "c"},
            {"b", "c", "a"}, {"c", "a", "b"}, {"c", "b", "a"}}


            To get all six-letter words:



            letters = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"};
            perms = Permutations[letters, {6}];
            StringJoin /@ perms

            {"abcdef", "abcdfe", "abcedf", "abcefd", "abcfde" ... etc.


            there are a lot of them.






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              Pemutations will do it:



              letters = {"a", "b", "c"};
              Permutations[letters, {3}]
              {{"a", "b", "c"}, {"a", "c", "b"}, {"b", "a", "c"},
              {"b", "c", "a"}, {"c", "a", "b"}, {"c", "b", "a"}}


              To get all six-letter words:



              letters = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"};
              perms = Permutations[letters, {6}];
              StringJoin /@ perms

              {"abcdef", "abcdfe", "abcedf", "abcefd", "abcfde" ... etc.


              there are a lot of them.






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                $begingroup$

                Pemutations will do it:



                letters = {"a", "b", "c"};
                Permutations[letters, {3}]
                {{"a", "b", "c"}, {"a", "c", "b"}, {"b", "a", "c"},
                {"b", "c", "a"}, {"c", "a", "b"}, {"c", "b", "a"}}


                To get all six-letter words:



                letters = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"};
                perms = Permutations[letters, {6}];
                StringJoin /@ perms

                {"abcdef", "abcdfe", "abcedf", "abcefd", "abcfde" ... etc.


                there are a lot of them.






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                Pemutations will do it:



                letters = {"a", "b", "c"};
                Permutations[letters, {3}]
                {{"a", "b", "c"}, {"a", "c", "b"}, {"b", "a", "c"},
                {"b", "c", "a"}, {"c", "a", "b"}, {"c", "b", "a"}}


                To get all six-letter words:



                letters = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"};
                perms = Permutations[letters, {6}];
                StringJoin /@ perms

                {"abcdef", "abcdfe", "abcedf", "abcefd", "abcfde" ... etc.


                there are a lot of them.







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                    You can create permutations with all of the letters as strings with:



                    StringJoin /@ Permutations[letters]


                    If you want lists of the individual letters just use:



                    Permutations[letters]


                    Check the documentation of Permutations to learn about permutations with subsets of letters. If you want to use each letter more than once, look at the documentation for Tuples.






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                      Thanks(x2). Is there some way to check how many words contain a ‘sub-word’, like ‘ab’ or even a set of ‘sub-words’ like ‘ab’ and ‘cd’? And is there any web page or text book that deals with combinatorics in Mathematica (on a more ‘basic’ level) that I could visit/buy and read?
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                    $begingroup$

                    You can create permutations with all of the letters as strings with:



                    StringJoin /@ Permutations[letters]


                    If you want lists of the individual letters just use:



                    Permutations[letters]


                    Check the documentation of Permutations to learn about permutations with subsets of letters. If you want to use each letter more than once, look at the documentation for Tuples.






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                      Thanks(x2). Is there some way to check how many words contain a ‘sub-word’, like ‘ab’ or even a set of ‘sub-words’ like ‘ab’ and ‘cd’? And is there any web page or text book that deals with combinatorics in Mathematica (on a more ‘basic’ level) that I could visit/buy and read?
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                      – mf67
                      yesterday














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                    $begingroup$

                    You can create permutations with all of the letters as strings with:



                    StringJoin /@ Permutations[letters]


                    If you want lists of the individual letters just use:



                    Permutations[letters]


                    Check the documentation of Permutations to learn about permutations with subsets of letters. If you want to use each letter more than once, look at the documentation for Tuples.






                    share|improve this answer









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                    You can create permutations with all of the letters as strings with:



                    StringJoin /@ Permutations[letters]


                    If you want lists of the individual letters just use:



                    Permutations[letters]


                    Check the documentation of Permutations to learn about permutations with subsets of letters. If you want to use each letter more than once, look at the documentation for Tuples.







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                      Thanks(x2). Is there some way to check how many words contain a ‘sub-word’, like ‘ab’ or even a set of ‘sub-words’ like ‘ab’ and ‘cd’? And is there any web page or text book that deals with combinatorics in Mathematica (on a more ‘basic’ level) that I could visit/buy and read?
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                      Thanks(x2). Is there some way to check how many words contain a ‘sub-word’, like ‘ab’ or even a set of ‘sub-words’ like ‘ab’ and ‘cd’? And is there any web page or text book that deals with combinatorics in Mathematica (on a more ‘basic’ level) that I could visit/buy and read?
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                    Thanks(x2). Is there some way to check how many words contain a ‘sub-word’, like ‘ab’ or even a set of ‘sub-words’ like ‘ab’ and ‘cd’? And is there any web page or text book that deals with combinatorics in Mathematica (on a more ‘basic’ level) that I could visit/buy and read?
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                    yesterday




                    $begingroup$
                    Thanks(x2). Is there some way to check how many words contain a ‘sub-word’, like ‘ab’ or even a set of ‘sub-words’ like ‘ab’ and ‘cd’? And is there any web page or text book that deals with combinatorics in Mathematica (on a more ‘basic’ level) that I could visit/buy and read?
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                    yesterday











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                    If I follow the OP's question, I think they want the following:



                    letters = {"a", "b", "c"};
                    p = Permutations[letters, {#}] & /@ Range[Length[letters]];
                    (StringJoin[#] & /@ #) & /@ p

                    {{a, b, c}, {ab, ac, ba, bc, ca, cb}, {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}}





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                      No, the OP requested all six letter words.
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                      yesterday










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                      Your last line can be written more cleanly as Map@StringJoin/@p or Map[StringJoin, p, {2}].
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                      – Doorknob
                      yesterday
















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                    If I follow the OP's question, I think they want the following:



                    letters = {"a", "b", "c"};
                    p = Permutations[letters, {#}] & /@ Range[Length[letters]];
                    (StringJoin[#] & /@ #) & /@ p

                    {{a, b, c}, {ab, ac, ba, bc, ca, cb}, {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}}





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                      No, the OP requested all six letter words.
                      $endgroup$
                      – m_goldberg
                      yesterday










                    • $begingroup$
                      Your last line can be written more cleanly as Map@StringJoin/@p or Map[StringJoin, p, {2}].
                      $endgroup$
                      – Doorknob
                      yesterday














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                    $begingroup$

                    If I follow the OP's question, I think they want the following:



                    letters = {"a", "b", "c"};
                    p = Permutations[letters, {#}] & /@ Range[Length[letters]];
                    (StringJoin[#] & /@ #) & /@ p

                    {{a, b, c}, {ab, ac, ba, bc, ca, cb}, {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}}





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                    If I follow the OP's question, I think they want the following:



                    letters = {"a", "b", "c"};
                    p = Permutations[letters, {#}] & /@ Range[Length[letters]];
                    (StringJoin[#] & /@ #) & /@ p

                    {{a, b, c}, {ab, ac, ba, bc, ca, cb}, {abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba}}






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                      No, the OP requested all six letter words.
                      $endgroup$
                      – m_goldberg
                      yesterday










                    • $begingroup$
                      Your last line can be written more cleanly as Map@StringJoin/@p or Map[StringJoin, p, {2}].
                      $endgroup$
                      – Doorknob
                      yesterday


















                    • $begingroup$
                      No, the OP requested all six letter words.
                      $endgroup$
                      – m_goldberg
                      yesterday










                    • $begingroup$
                      Your last line can be written more cleanly as Map@StringJoin/@p or Map[StringJoin, p, {2}].
                      $endgroup$
                      – Doorknob
                      yesterday
















                    $begingroup$
                    No, the OP requested all six letter words.
                    $endgroup$
                    – m_goldberg
                    yesterday




                    $begingroup$
                    No, the OP requested all six letter words.
                    $endgroup$
                    – m_goldberg
                    yesterday












                    $begingroup$
                    Your last line can be written more cleanly as Map@StringJoin/@p or Map[StringJoin, p, {2}].
                    $endgroup$
                    – Doorknob
                    yesterday




                    $begingroup$
                    Your last line can be written more cleanly as Map@StringJoin/@p or Map[StringJoin, p, {2}].
                    $endgroup$
                    – Doorknob
                    yesterday


















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