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my code takes a string like "abc" and combines the letters in the string in all possible combinations, for example

"ab" returns

"aa, ab, ba, bb, aaa, aab, aba, abb, baa, bab, bba, bbb"

I can also modify it’s length.

My problem here is that I only want to use each letter once if I only have 1 of said letter, for example if I only have 1 letter "a" I only want my program to use 1 letter "a", but if I have two letters "a" for example "aa" I do want it to use both of those As on all positions.

Here’s the code:

public class Words {
    static char[] alphabet = "ab".toCharArray();

    static void generate(StringBuilder sb, int n) {
        if (n == sb.length()) {
            System.out.println(sb.toString());
            return;
        }
        for (char letter : alphabet) {
            sb.setCharAt(n, letter);
            generate(sb, n + 1);
        }
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int length = 2; length <= 3; length++) {
            sb.setLength(length);
            generate(sb, 0);
        }
    }
}
Anonymous Asked question May 14, 2021