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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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          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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          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"}}





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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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              $begingroup$

              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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              $begingroup$

              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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                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.






              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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              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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              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"}}





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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"}}





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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"}}





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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"}}






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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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                        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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                          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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