Hi guys,I am practising recursion nowadays and I found this good question based on recursion more of backtracking.I did this question using next_permutation() method.But I find no learning in using a predefined method for this good question(It can teach many good things about recursion)I am really messed up with recursion.can anyone explain me how recursion will do in this question.Thanks
It helps me to think of backtracking (or recursion in general) as doing a depth first search of an implicit graph. In this problem, the "leaves" of the tree (our solutions) are the permutations of the first n letters. In the higher levels of the tree you have prefix/candidate solutions, beginning with the empty string. You can extend prefix solutions by appending the smallest unused letter to the end and recurring. Here's a picture of the tree for the first example:
This will find the permutations in lexicographical order, as is clear from the picture.