Get all combinations of a string

 

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Generates a list of possible combos for a given string. Limit can be set on minimum word length. Version 1.1 adds speed improvements for duplicates --adds min and max characters

on getAllCombos whatText, minChars, maxChars if maxChars = void then maxChars = the maxInteger if minChars = void then minChars = the maxInteger --create a list of characters charList = [] repeat with x = 1 to whatText.char.count    charList.add(whatText.char[x])   end repeat sort charList --create an empty list of words... wordList = [] --start with an empty string baseString = "" --find all combos createAllCombos(baseString, charList, wordList, minChars, maxChars)   --sort it -- sort(wordList) return wordList end on createAllCombos baseString, charList, wordList, minChars, maxChars --use each letter if baseString.char.count < maxChars then     c = ""    repeat with x = 1 to charList.count      --if its the same as the last letter we will get duplicates so skip it      if c = charList[x] then next repeat      c = charList[x]        --get the new string      newString = baseString & c      --add the current combo      if newString.char.count >= minChars then wordList.append(newString, wordlist.count)      --find the new words with recursion -- use a duplicate as lists are referenced      newCharList = charList.duplicate()      newCharList.deleteAt(x)      if newCharList.count > 0 then        createAllCombos(newString, newCharList, wordList, minChars, maxChars)      end if    end repeat end if end