There is some fine permutation code in the cookbook. Take a look at http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/190465 .
You can easily code something like: # xcombinations from the cookbook def xcombinations(items, n): if n==0: yield [] else: for i in xrange(len(items)): for cc in xcombinations(items[:i]+items[i+1:],n-1): yield [items[i]]+cc wordlist = ['HOUSE','jolly','---','0&','99'] for i in xrange(1, len(wordlist)+1): for g in xcombinations(wordlist, i): print "".join(g) > Unfortunately I am not able to program it myself, so > I would appreciate if someone could write this piece of > software, compile it (for DOS or Windows) and send the .exe file to: > > lory88 at gmail . com Meet us halfway, here. At least install Python. Also, it's a dangerous world out there. Don't run .exe s sent to you by people you don't know. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list