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permutations

returns all permutations of the entries of a list

Syntax 
permutations(L: LIST): LIST

Description
This function computes all permutations of the entries of a list (set). If L has repeated elements it will return repeated elements.

Example 
/**/  permutations(3..5);
[[3, 4, 5], [3, 5, 4], [4, 3, 5], [4, 5, 3], [5, 3, 4], [5, 4, 3]]

/**/  permutations([2, 2, x]);
[[2, 2, x], [2, x, 2], [2, 2, x], [2, x, 2], [x, 2, 2], [x, 2, 2]]

/**/  MakeSet(permutations([2, 2, x]));
[[2, 2, x], [2, x, 2], [x, 2, 2]]

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