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<h1 id="132-permutation-problem">13.2 &nbsp; Permutation problem<a class="headerlink" href="#132-permutation-problem" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
<p>The permutation problem is a typical application of the backtracking algorithm. It is defined as finding all possible arrangements of elements from a given set (such as an array or string).</p>
<p>Table 13-2 lists several example data, including the input arrays and their corresponding permutations.</p>
<p align="center"> Table 13-2 &nbsp; Permutation examples </p>
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<td style="text-align: left;"><span class="arithmatex">\([1, 2]\)</span></td>
<td style="text-align: left;"><span class="arithmatex">\([1, 2], [2, 1]\)</span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left;"><span class="arithmatex">\([1, 2, 3]\)</span></td>
<td style="text-align: left;"><span class="arithmatex">\([1, 2, 3], [1, 3, 2], [2, 1, 3], [2, 3, 1], [3, 1, 2], [3, 2, 1]\)</span></td>
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<p>Enter an integer array without duplicate elements and return all possible permutations.</p>
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<p>From the perspective of the backtracking algorithm, <strong>we can imagine the process of generating permutations as a series of choices</strong>. Suppose the input array is <span class="arithmatex">\([1, 2, 3]\)</span>, if we first choose <span class="arithmatex">\(1\)</span>, then <span class="arithmatex">\(3\)</span>, and finally <span class="arithmatex">\(2\)</span>, we obtain the permutation <span class="arithmatex">\([1, 3, 2]\)</span>. Backtracking means undoing a choice and then continuing to try other choices.</p>
<p>From the code perspective, the candidate set <code>choices</code> contains all elements of the input array, and the state <code>state</code> contains elements that have been selected so far. Please note that each element can only be chosen once, <strong>thus all elements in <code>state</code> must be unique</strong>.</p>
<p>As shown in Figure 13-5, we can unfold the search process into a recursive tree, where each node represents the current state <code>state</code>. Starting from the root node, after three rounds of choices, we reach the leaf nodes, each corresponding to a permutation.</p>
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<p align="center"> Figure 13-5 &nbsp; Permutation recursive tree </p>
<h3 id="1-pruning-of-repeated-choices">1. &nbsp; Pruning of repeated choices<a class="headerlink" href="#1-pruning-of-repeated-choices" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>To ensure that each element is selected only once, we consider introducing a boolean array <code>selected</code>, where <code>selected[i]</code> indicates whether <code>choices[i]</code> has been selected. We base our pruning operations on this array:</p>
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<li>After making the choice <code>choice[i]</code>, we set <code>selected[i]</code> to <span class="arithmatex">\(\text{True}\)</span>, indicating it has been chosen.</li>
<li>When iterating through the choice list <code>choices</code>, skip all nodes that have already been selected, i.e., prune.</li>
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<p>As shown in Figure 13-6, suppose we choose 1 in the first round, 3 in the second round, and 2 in the third round, we need to prune the branch of element 1 in the second round and elements 1 and 3 in the third round.</p>
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<p align="center"> Figure 13-6 &nbsp; Permutation pruning example </p>
<p>Observing Figure 13-6, this pruning operation reduces the search space size from <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n^n)\)</span> to <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n!)\)</span>.</p>
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<p>After understanding the above information, we can "fill in the blanks" in the framework code. To shorten the overall code, we do not implement individual functions within the framework code separately, but expand them in the <code>backtrack()</code> function:</p>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">permutations_i.py</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-0-1" name="__codelineno-0-1" href="#__codelineno-0-1"></a><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-2" name="__codelineno-0-2" href="#__codelineno-0-2"></a> <span class="n">state</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">bool</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">res</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">]]</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-3" name="__codelineno-0-3" href="#__codelineno-0-3"></a><span class="p">):</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-4" name="__codelineno-0-4" href="#__codelineno-0-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Backtracking algorithm: Permutation I&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-5" name="__codelineno-0-5" href="#__codelineno-0-5"></a> <span class="c1"># When the state length equals the number of elements, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-6" name="__codelineno-0-6" href="#__codelineno-0-6"></a> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">):</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-7" name="__codelineno-0-7" href="#__codelineno-0-7"></a> <span class="n">res</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">))</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-8" name="__codelineno-0-8" href="#__codelineno-0-8"></a> <span class="k">return</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-9" name="__codelineno-0-9" href="#__codelineno-0-9"></a> <span class="c1"># Traverse all choices</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-10" name="__codelineno-0-10" href="#__codelineno-0-10"></a> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">i</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">choice</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">enumerate</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">):</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-11" name="__codelineno-0-11" href="#__codelineno-0-11"></a> <span class="c1"># Pruning: do not allow repeated selection of elements</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-12" name="__codelineno-0-12" href="#__codelineno-0-12"></a> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">]:</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-13" name="__codelineno-0-13" href="#__codelineno-0-13"></a> <span class="c1"># Attempt: make a choice, update the state</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-14" name="__codelineno-0-14" href="#__codelineno-0-14"></a> <span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-15" name="__codelineno-0-15" href="#__codelineno-0-15"></a> <span class="n">state</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-16" name="__codelineno-0-16" href="#__codelineno-0-16"></a> <span class="c1"># Proceed to the next round of selection</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-17" name="__codelineno-0-17" href="#__codelineno-0-17"></a> <span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">res</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-18" name="__codelineno-0-18" href="#__codelineno-0-18"></a> <span class="c1"># Retract: undo the choice, restore to the previous state</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-19" name="__codelineno-0-19" href="#__codelineno-0-19"></a> <span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">False</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-20" name="__codelineno-0-20" href="#__codelineno-0-20"></a> <span class="n">state</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">pop</span><span class="p">()</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-21" name="__codelineno-0-21" href="#__codelineno-0-21"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-0-22" name="__codelineno-0-22" href="#__codelineno-0-22"></a><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">permutations_i</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">])</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">]]:</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-23" name="__codelineno-0-23" href="#__codelineno-0-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Permutation I&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-24" name="__codelineno-0-24" href="#__codelineno-0-24"></a> <span class="n">res</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[]</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-25" name="__codelineno-0-25" href="#__codelineno-0-25"></a> <span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[],</span> <span class="n">choices</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">selected</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">res</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-26" name="__codelineno-0-26" href="#__codelineno-0-26"></a> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">res</span>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">permutations_i.cpp</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-1-1" name="__codelineno-1-1" href="#__codelineno-1-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: Permutation I */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-2" name="__codelineno-1-2" href="#__codelineno-1-2"></a><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-3" name="__codelineno-1-3" href="#__codelineno-1-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When the state length equals the number of elements, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-4" name="__codelineno-1-4" href="#__codelineno-1-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">size</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">size</span><span class="p">())</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-5" name="__codelineno-1-5" href="#__codelineno-1-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">push_back</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-6" name="__codelineno-1-6" href="#__codelineno-1-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-7" name="__codelineno-1-7" href="#__codelineno-1-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-8" name="__codelineno-1-8" href="#__codelineno-1-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all choices</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-9" name="__codelineno-1-9" href="#__codelineno-1-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">size</span><span class="p">();</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-10" name="__codelineno-1-10" href="#__codelineno-1-10"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">];</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-11" name="__codelineno-1-11" href="#__codelineno-1-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow repeated selection of elements</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-12" name="__codelineno-1-12" href="#__codelineno-1-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">])</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-13" name="__codelineno-1-13" href="#__codelineno-1-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: make a choice, update the state</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-14" name="__codelineno-1-14" href="#__codelineno-1-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-15" name="__codelineno-1-15" href="#__codelineno-1-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">push_back</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-16" name="__codelineno-1-16" href="#__codelineno-1-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Proceed to the next round of selection</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-17" name="__codelineno-1-17" href="#__codelineno-1-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-18" name="__codelineno-1-18" href="#__codelineno-1-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Retract: undo the choice, restore to the previous state</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-19" name="__codelineno-1-19" href="#__codelineno-1-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-20" name="__codelineno-1-20" href="#__codelineno-1-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">pop_back</span><span class="p">();</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-21" name="__codelineno-1-21" href="#__codelineno-1-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-22" name="__codelineno-1-22" href="#__codelineno-1-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-23" name="__codelineno-1-23" href="#__codelineno-1-23"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-24" name="__codelineno-1-24" href="#__codelineno-1-24"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-1-25" name="__codelineno-1-25" href="#__codelineno-1-25"></a><span class="cm">/* Permutation I */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-26" name="__codelineno-1-26" href="#__codelineno-1-26"></a><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">permutationsI</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-27" name="__codelineno-1-27" href="#__codelineno-1-27"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-28" name="__codelineno-1-28" href="#__codelineno-1-28"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">size</span><span class="p">(),</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">false</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-29" name="__codelineno-1-29" href="#__codelineno-1-29"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-30" name="__codelineno-1-30" href="#__codelineno-1-30"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-31" name="__codelineno-1-31" href="#__codelineno-1-31"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-32" name="__codelineno-1-32" href="#__codelineno-1-32"></a><span class="p">}</span>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">permutations_i.java</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-2-1" name="__codelineno-2-1" href="#__codelineno-2-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: Permutation I */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-2" name="__codelineno-2-2" href="#__codelineno-2-2"></a><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="o">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-3" name="__codelineno-2-3" href="#__codelineno-2-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When the state length equals the number of elements, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-4" name="__codelineno-2-4" href="#__codelineno-2-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">size</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">length</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-5" name="__codelineno-2-5" href="#__codelineno-2-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">));</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-6" name="__codelineno-2-6" href="#__codelineno-2-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-7" name="__codelineno-2-7" href="#__codelineno-2-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-8" name="__codelineno-2-8" href="#__codelineno-2-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all choices</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-9" name="__codelineno-2-9" href="#__codelineno-2-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">length</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-10" name="__codelineno-2-10" href="#__codelineno-2-10"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-11" name="__codelineno-2-11" href="#__codelineno-2-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow repeated selection of elements</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-12" name="__codelineno-2-12" href="#__codelineno-2-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-13" name="__codelineno-2-13" href="#__codelineno-2-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: make a choice, update the state</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-14" name="__codelineno-2-14" href="#__codelineno-2-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-15" name="__codelineno-2-15" href="#__codelineno-2-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-16" name="__codelineno-2-16" href="#__codelineno-2-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Proceed to the next round of selection</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-17" name="__codelineno-2-17" href="#__codelineno-2-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-18" name="__codelineno-2-18" href="#__codelineno-2-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Retract: undo the choice, restore to the previous state</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-19" name="__codelineno-2-19" href="#__codelineno-2-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-20" name="__codelineno-2-20" href="#__codelineno-2-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">remove</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">size</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-21" name="__codelineno-2-21" href="#__codelineno-2-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-22" name="__codelineno-2-22" href="#__codelineno-2-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-23" name="__codelineno-2-23" href="#__codelineno-2-23"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-24" name="__codelineno-2-24" href="#__codelineno-2-24"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-2-25" name="__codelineno-2-25" href="#__codelineno-2-25"></a><span class="cm">/* Permutation I */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-26" name="__codelineno-2-26" href="#__codelineno-2-26"></a><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">permutationsI</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-27" name="__codelineno-2-27" href="#__codelineno-2-27"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="p">();</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-28" name="__codelineno-2-28" href="#__codelineno-2-28"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">(),</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">length</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-29" name="__codelineno-2-29" href="#__codelineno-2-29"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-30" name="__codelineno-2-30" href="#__codelineno-2-30"></a><span class="p">}</span>
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<h2 id="1322-considering-cases-with-equal-elements">13.2.2 &nbsp; Considering cases with equal elements<a class="headerlink" href="#1322-considering-cases-with-equal-elements" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
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<p>Enter an integer array, <strong>which may contain duplicate elements</strong>, and return all unique permutations.</p>
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<p>Suppose the input array is <span class="arithmatex">\([1, 1, 2]\)</span>. To differentiate the two duplicate elements <span class="arithmatex">\(1\)</span>, we mark the second <span class="arithmatex">\(1\)</span> as <span class="arithmatex">\(\hat{1}\)</span>.</p>
<p>As shown in Figure 13-7, half of the permutations generated by the above method are duplicates.</p>
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<p align="center"> Figure 13-7 &nbsp; Duplicate permutations </p>
<p>So, how do we eliminate duplicate permutations? Most directly, consider using a hash set to deduplicate permutation results. However, this is not elegant, <strong>as branches generating duplicate permutations are unnecessary and should be identified and pruned in advance</strong>, which can further improve algorithm efficiency.</p>
<h3 id="1-pruning-of-equal-elements">1. &nbsp; Pruning of equal elements<a class="headerlink" href="#1-pruning-of-equal-elements" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Observing Figure 13-8, in the first round, choosing <span class="arithmatex">\(1\)</span> or <span class="arithmatex">\(\hat{1}\)</span> results in identical permutations under both choices, thus we should prune <span class="arithmatex">\(\hat{1}\)</span>.</p>
<p>Similarly, after choosing <span class="arithmatex">\(2\)</span> in the first round, choosing <span class="arithmatex">\(1\)</span> and <span class="arithmatex">\(\hat{1}\)</span> in the second round also produces duplicate branches, so we should also prune <span class="arithmatex">\(\hat{1}\)</span> in the second round.</p>
<p>Essentially, <strong>our goal is to ensure that multiple equal elements are only selected once in each round of choices</strong>.</p>
<p><a class="glightbox" href="../permutations_problem.assets/permutations_ii_pruning.png" data-type="image" data-width="100%" data-height="auto" data-desc-position="bottom"><img alt="Duplicate permutations pruning" class="animation-figure" src="../permutations_problem.assets/permutations_ii_pruning.png" /></a></p>
<p align="center"> Figure 13-8 &nbsp; Duplicate permutations pruning </p>
<h3 id="2-code-implementation_1">2. &nbsp; Code implementation<a class="headerlink" href="#2-code-implementation_1" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Based on the code from the previous problem, we consider initiating a hash set <code>duplicated</code> in each round of choices, used to record elements that have been tried in that round, and prune duplicate elements:</p>
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<a id="__codelineno-14-2" name="__codelineno-14-2" href="#__codelineno-14-2"></a> <span class="n">state</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">bool</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">res</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">]]</span>
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<a id="__codelineno-14-4" name="__codelineno-14-4" href="#__codelineno-14-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Backtracking algorithm: Permutation II&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-5" name="__codelineno-14-5" href="#__codelineno-14-5"></a> <span class="c1"># When the state length equals the number of elements, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-6" name="__codelineno-14-6" href="#__codelineno-14-6"></a> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">):</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-7" name="__codelineno-14-7" href="#__codelineno-14-7"></a> <span class="n">res</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">))</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-8" name="__codelineno-14-8" href="#__codelineno-14-8"></a> <span class="k">return</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-9" name="__codelineno-14-9" href="#__codelineno-14-9"></a> <span class="c1"># Traverse all choices</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-10" name="__codelineno-14-10" href="#__codelineno-14-10"></a> <span class="n">duplicated</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">set</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">]()</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-11" name="__codelineno-14-11" href="#__codelineno-14-11"></a> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">i</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">choice</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">enumerate</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">):</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-12" name="__codelineno-14-12" href="#__codelineno-14-12"></a> <span class="c1"># Pruning: do not allow repeated selection of elements and do not allow repeated selection of equal elements</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-13" name="__codelineno-14-13" href="#__codelineno-14-13"></a> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="n">choice</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">duplicated</span><span class="p">:</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-14" name="__codelineno-14-14" href="#__codelineno-14-14"></a> <span class="c1"># Attempt: make a choice, update the state</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-15" name="__codelineno-14-15" href="#__codelineno-14-15"></a> <span class="n">duplicated</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Record selected element values</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-16" name="__codelineno-14-16" href="#__codelineno-14-16"></a> <span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-17" name="__codelineno-14-17" href="#__codelineno-14-17"></a> <span class="n">state</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-18" name="__codelineno-14-18" href="#__codelineno-14-18"></a> <span class="c1"># Proceed to the next round of selection</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-19" name="__codelineno-14-19" href="#__codelineno-14-19"></a> <span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">res</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-20" name="__codelineno-14-20" href="#__codelineno-14-20"></a> <span class="c1"># Retract: undo the choice, restore to the previous state</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-21" name="__codelineno-14-21" href="#__codelineno-14-21"></a> <span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">False</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-22" name="__codelineno-14-22" href="#__codelineno-14-22"></a> <span class="n">state</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">pop</span><span class="p">()</span>
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<a id="__codelineno-14-24" name="__codelineno-14-24" href="#__codelineno-14-24"></a><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">permutations_ii</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">])</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">]]:</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-25" name="__codelineno-14-25" href="#__codelineno-14-25"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Permutation II&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-26" name="__codelineno-14-26" href="#__codelineno-14-26"></a> <span class="n">res</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[]</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-27" name="__codelineno-14-27" href="#__codelineno-14-27"></a> <span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[],</span> <span class="n">choices</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">selected</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">res</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-14-28" name="__codelineno-14-28" href="#__codelineno-14-28"></a> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">res</span>
</code></pre></div>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">permutations_ii.cpp</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-15-1" name="__codelineno-15-1" href="#__codelineno-15-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: Permutation II */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-2" name="__codelineno-15-2" href="#__codelineno-15-2"></a><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-3" name="__codelineno-15-3" href="#__codelineno-15-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When the state length equals the number of elements, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-4" name="__codelineno-15-4" href="#__codelineno-15-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">size</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">size</span><span class="p">())</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-5" name="__codelineno-15-5" href="#__codelineno-15-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">push_back</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-6" name="__codelineno-15-6" href="#__codelineno-15-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-7" name="__codelineno-15-7" href="#__codelineno-15-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-8" name="__codelineno-15-8" href="#__codelineno-15-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all choices</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-9" name="__codelineno-15-9" href="#__codelineno-15-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unordered_set</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">duplicated</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-10" name="__codelineno-15-10" href="#__codelineno-15-10"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">size</span><span class="p">();</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-11" name="__codelineno-15-11" href="#__codelineno-15-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">];</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-12" name="__codelineno-15-12" href="#__codelineno-15-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow repeated selection of elements and do not allow repeated selection of equal elements</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-13" name="__codelineno-15-13" href="#__codelineno-15-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">duplicated</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">find</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">duplicated</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">end</span><span class="p">())</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-14" name="__codelineno-15-14" href="#__codelineno-15-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: make a choice, update the state</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-15" name="__codelineno-15-15" href="#__codelineno-15-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">duplicated</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">emplace</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record selected element values</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-16" name="__codelineno-15-16" href="#__codelineno-15-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-17" name="__codelineno-15-17" href="#__codelineno-15-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">push_back</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-18" name="__codelineno-15-18" href="#__codelineno-15-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Proceed to the next round of selection</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-19" name="__codelineno-15-19" href="#__codelineno-15-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-20" name="__codelineno-15-20" href="#__codelineno-15-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Retract: undo the choice, restore to the previous state</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-21" name="__codelineno-15-21" href="#__codelineno-15-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-22" name="__codelineno-15-22" href="#__codelineno-15-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">pop_back</span><span class="p">();</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-23" name="__codelineno-15-23" href="#__codelineno-15-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-24" name="__codelineno-15-24" href="#__codelineno-15-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-25" name="__codelineno-15-25" href="#__codelineno-15-25"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-26" name="__codelineno-15-26" href="#__codelineno-15-26"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-15-27" name="__codelineno-15-27" href="#__codelineno-15-27"></a><span class="cm">/* Permutation II */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-28" name="__codelineno-15-28" href="#__codelineno-15-28"></a><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">permutationsII</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-29" name="__codelineno-15-29" href="#__codelineno-15-29"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-30" name="__codelineno-15-30" href="#__codelineno-15-30"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">size</span><span class="p">(),</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">false</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-31" name="__codelineno-15-31" href="#__codelineno-15-31"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-32" name="__codelineno-15-32" href="#__codelineno-15-32"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-33" name="__codelineno-15-33" href="#__codelineno-15-33"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-15-34" name="__codelineno-15-34" href="#__codelineno-15-34"></a><span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">permutations_ii.java</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-16-1" name="__codelineno-16-1" href="#__codelineno-16-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: Permutation II */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-2" name="__codelineno-16-2" href="#__codelineno-16-2"></a><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="o">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-3" name="__codelineno-16-3" href="#__codelineno-16-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When the state length equals the number of elements, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-4" name="__codelineno-16-4" href="#__codelineno-16-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">size</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">length</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-5" name="__codelineno-16-5" href="#__codelineno-16-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">));</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-6" name="__codelineno-16-6" href="#__codelineno-16-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-7" name="__codelineno-16-7" href="#__codelineno-16-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-8" name="__codelineno-16-8" href="#__codelineno-16-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all choices</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-9" name="__codelineno-16-9" href="#__codelineno-16-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Set</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">duplicated</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">HashSet</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">();</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-10" name="__codelineno-16-10" href="#__codelineno-16-10"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">length</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-11" name="__codelineno-16-11" href="#__codelineno-16-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-12" name="__codelineno-16-12" href="#__codelineno-16-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow repeated selection of elements and do not allow repeated selection of equal elements</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-13" name="__codelineno-16-13" href="#__codelineno-16-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">duplicated</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">contains</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="p">))</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-14" name="__codelineno-16-14" href="#__codelineno-16-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: make a choice, update the state</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-15" name="__codelineno-16-15" href="#__codelineno-16-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">duplicated</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record selected element values</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-16" name="__codelineno-16-16" href="#__codelineno-16-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-17" name="__codelineno-16-17" href="#__codelineno-16-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">choice</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-18" name="__codelineno-16-18" href="#__codelineno-16-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Proceed to the next round of selection</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-19" name="__codelineno-16-19" href="#__codelineno-16-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">choices</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-20" name="__codelineno-16-20" href="#__codelineno-16-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Retract: undo the choice, restore to the previous state</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-21" name="__codelineno-16-21" href="#__codelineno-16-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">selected</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-22" name="__codelineno-16-22" href="#__codelineno-16-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">remove</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">size</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-23" name="__codelineno-16-23" href="#__codelineno-16-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-24" name="__codelineno-16-24" href="#__codelineno-16-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-25" name="__codelineno-16-25" href="#__codelineno-16-25"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-26" name="__codelineno-16-26" href="#__codelineno-16-26"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-16-27" name="__codelineno-16-27" href="#__codelineno-16-27"></a><span class="cm">/* Permutation II */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-28" name="__codelineno-16-28" href="#__codelineno-16-28"></a><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">permutationsII</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="o">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
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<a id="__codelineno-16-30" name="__codelineno-16-30" href="#__codelineno-16-30"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">(),</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">nums</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">length</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-16-31" name="__codelineno-16-31" href="#__codelineno-16-31"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
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<a id="__codelineno-18-3" name="__codelineno-18-3" href="#__codelineno-18-3"></a><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">class</span><span class="p">]{}</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="kd">func</span><span class="p">]{</span><span class="nx">permutationsII</span><span class="p">}</span>
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<p>Assuming all elements are distinct from each other, there are <span class="arithmatex">\(n!\)</span> (factorial) permutations of <span class="arithmatex">\(n\)</span> elements; when recording results, it is necessary to copy a list of length <span class="arithmatex">\(n\)</span>, using <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n)\)</span> time. <strong>Thus, the time complexity is <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n!n)\)</span></strong>.</p>
<p>The maximum recursion depth is <span class="arithmatex">\(n\)</span>, using <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n)\)</span> frame space. <code>Selected</code> uses <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n)\)</span> space. At any one time, there can be up to <span class="arithmatex">\(n\)</span> <code>duplicated</code>, using <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n^2)\)</span> space. <strong>Therefore, the space complexity is <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n^2)\)</span></strong>.</p>
<h3 id="3-comparison-of-the-two-pruning-methods">3. &nbsp; Comparison of the two pruning methods<a class="headerlink" href="#3-comparison-of-the-two-pruning-methods" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Please note, although both <code>selected</code> and <code>duplicated</code> are used for pruning, their targets are different.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Repeated choice pruning</strong>: There is only one <code>selected</code> throughout the search process. It records which elements are currently in the state, aiming to prevent an element from appearing repeatedly in <code>state</code>.</li>
<li><strong>Equal element pruning</strong>: Each round of choices (each call to the <code>backtrack</code> function) contains a <code>duplicated</code>. It records which elements have been chosen in the current traversal (<code>for</code> loop), aiming to ensure equal elements are selected only once.</li>
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<p>Figure 13-9 shows the scope of the two pruning conditions. Note, each node in the tree represents a choice, and the nodes from the root to the leaf form a permutation.</p>
<p><a class="glightbox" href="../permutations_problem.assets/permutations_ii_pruning_summary.png" data-type="image" data-width="100%" data-height="auto" data-desc-position="bottom"><img alt="Scope of the two pruning conditions" class="animation-figure" src="../permutations_problem.assets/permutations_ii_pruning_summary.png" /></a></p>
<p align="center"> Figure 13-9 &nbsp; Scope of the two pruning conditions </p>
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