How can I generate all permutations of an array in Perl?

Question

What's the best (elegant, simple, efficient) way to generate all n! permutations of an array in perl?

For example, if I have an array @arr = (0, 1, 2), I want to output all permutations:

0 1 2
0 2 1
1 0 2
1 2 0
2 0 1
2 1 0

It should probably be a function that returns an iterator (lazy/delayed evaluation because n! can become so impossibly large), so it can be called like this:

my @arr = (0, 1, 2);
my $iter = getPermIter(@arr);
while (my @perm = $iter->next() ){
    print "@perm\n";
}

Answer 1

I suggest you use List::Permutor:

use List::Permutor;

my $permutor = List::Permutor->new( 0, 1, 2);
while ( my @permutation = $permutor->next() ) {
    print "@permutation\n";
}