Actually, permutation is your friend... and there are tons of code samples and algorithms out there. I'd start here. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozill a%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=mXk&q=permutation+coldfusion&btnG=Search
..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com > Recursion is your friend ;o) > > Mark > > On Feb 14, 2008 9:57 AM, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Given a string, e.g. "ABCD" > > > > I need to come up with all combinations of letters > > eg > > ABCD > > ABDC > > ACBD > > ACDB > > .... > > > > And exlude strings like 'AAAA', 'AAAB' unless you pass a string with > > duplicate characters > > If I pass the string "AAAB" then it'd return: > > AAAB > > AABA > > ABAA > > BAAA > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:299028 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
