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46. Permutations 👍

  • Time: $O(n \cdot n!)$
  • Space: $O(n \cdot n!)$
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class Solution {
 public:
  vector<vector<int>> permute(vector<int>& nums) {
    vector<vector<int>> ans;

    dfs(nums, vector<bool>(nums.size()), {}, ans);
    return ans;
  }

 private:
  void dfs(const vector<int>& nums, vector<bool>&& used, vector<int>&& path,
           vector<vector<int>>& ans) {
    if (path.size() == nums.size()) {
      ans.push_back(path);
      return;
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < nums.size(); ++i) {
      if (used[i])
        continue;
      used[i] = true;
      path.push_back(nums[i]);
      dfs(nums, std::move(used), std::move(path), ans);
      path.pop_back();
      used[i] = false;
    }
  }
};

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class Solution {
  public List<List<Integer>> permute(int[] nums) {
    List<List<Integer>> ans = new ArrayList<>();

    dfs(nums, new boolean[nums.length], new ArrayList<>(), ans);
    return ans;
  }

  private void dfs(int[] nums, boolean[] used, List<Integer> path, List<List<Integer>> ans) {
    if (path.size() == nums.length) {
      ans.add(new ArrayList<>(path));
      return;
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; ++i) {
      if (used[i])
        continue;
      used[i] = true;
      path.add(nums[i]);
      dfs(nums, used, path, ans);
      path.remove(path.size() - 1);
      used[i] = false;
    }
  }
}

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class Solution:
  def permute(self, nums: list[int]) -> list[list[int]]:
    ans = []
    used = [False] * len(nums)

    def dfs(path: list[int]) -> None:
      if len(path) == len(nums):
        ans.append(path.copy())
        return

      for i, num in enumerate(nums):
        if used[i]:
          continue
        used[i] = True
        path.append(num)
        dfs(path)
        path.pop()
        used[i] = False

    dfs([])
    return ans