I have a set of X items, but want permutations of length Y (X > Y). I
am aware of the permutation functions in <algorithm>, but I don't
believe this will do what I want. Is there a way, either through the
STL or some other library to do this, or do I need to write my own
code?
Jul 22 '05
20  2301 
Alf P. Steinbach wrote: * Buster <no***@nowhere. com> schriebt:
John Trunek wrote:
I have a set of X items, but want permutations of length Y (X > Y). I
am aware of the permutation functions in <algorithm>, but I don't
believe this will do what I want. Is there a way, either through the
STL or some other library to do this, or do I need to write my own
code?
Your terminology is non-standard (and I'm not talking about the C++
standard). A permutation of a set S is a bijective map from S to S.
My guess is that you want the set of images of permutations of Y-
subsets of S (where S is your set of X items, and where a 'Y-subset'
of S is a subset of S which has Y elements).
I think it's more reasonable to assume that the OP wants to generate all
possible passwords of length Y from some character set with X characters.
In which case it's combinations, not permutations. I think.
The original post doesn't suggest that to me. Looks like we'll need a
clarification. (I don't quite follow your suggestion either. Is "xyz"
the same password as "zyx"?) You need to write your own function for this. It will be easiest
to make the function recursive, at least to begin with, I think.
Post your attempt here and I'm sure you will get help.
If assumption above is correct then the easiest is probably to just
count up; but the easiest programmaticall y will not be very efficient
in light of some combinations being far more probable than others.
All passwords of length Y from a character set with X characters are
equally 'probable' (think 'lottery'). In the obvious thought experiment,
each distinct password has probability 'std::pow (X, -Y);'.
--
Regards,
Buster.
John Trunek wrote: I have a set of X items, but want permutations of length Y (X > Y). I
am aware of the permutation functions in <algorithm>, but I don't
believe this will do what I want. Is there a way, either through the
STL or some other library to do this, or do I need to write my own
code?
If permutations is what you really want, it's actually quite easy. In a
word, /recursion/.
--
p->m == (*p).m == p[0].m http://www.kdevelop.org http://www.suse.com http://www.mozilla.org
John Trunek wrote: I have a set of X items, but want permutations of length Y (X > Y). I
am aware of the permutation functions in <algorithm>, but I don't
believe this will do what I want. Is there a way, either through the
STL or some other library to do this, or do I need to write my own
code?
If permutations is what you really want, it's actually quite easy. In a
word, /recursion/.
--
p->m == (*p).m == p[0].m http://www.kdevelop.org http://www.suse.com http://www.mozilla.org
* Buster <no***@nowhere. com> schriebt:
All passwords of length Y from a character set with X characters are
equally 'probable' (think 'lottery'). In the obvious thought experiment,
each distinct password has probability 'std::pow (X, -Y);'.
That turns out not to be the case. Some passwords are used far more often
than others. In particular, passwords that contain English words are used
extremely more often than those that do not.
--
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
* Buster <no***@nowhere. com> schriebt:
All passwords of length Y from a character set with X characters are
equally 'probable' (think 'lottery'). In the obvious thought experiment,
each distinct password has probability 'std::pow (X, -Y);'.
That turns out not to be the case. Some passwords are used far more often
than others. In particular, passwords that contain English words are used
extremely more often than those that do not.
--
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
* "Steven T. Hatton" <su******@setid ava.kushan.aa> schriebt: John Trunek wrote:
I have a set of X items, but want permutations of length Y (X > Y). I
am aware of the permutation functions in <algorithm>, but I don't
believe this will do what I want. Is there a way, either through the
STL or some other library to do this, or do I need to write my own
code?
If permutations is what you really want, it's actually quite easy. In a
word, /recursion/.
You can also enumerate permutations using the factorial number system
plus a bitset.
I once had a letter to the editor about that printed in Computer Language,
the now defunct magazine infamous for its shameless promotion of Jolt Cola.
The editors added the heading (after earlier discussions of Knuth's two
fundamental ways of generating permutations) "The third way is the charm".
--
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
* "Steven T. Hatton" <su******@setid ava.kushan.aa> schriebt: John Trunek wrote:
I have a set of X items, but want permutations of length Y (X > Y). I
am aware of the permutation functions in <algorithm>, but I don't
believe this will do what I want. Is there a way, either through the
STL or some other library to do this, or do I need to write my own
code?
If permutations is what you really want, it's actually quite easy. In a
word, /recursion/.
You can also enumerate permutations using the factorial number system
plus a bitset.
I once had a letter to the editor about that printed in Computer Language,
the now defunct magazine infamous for its shameless promotion of Jolt Cola.
The editors added the heading (after earlier discussions of Knuth's two
fundamental ways of generating permutations) "The third way is the charm".
--
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? al***@start.no (Alf P. Steinbach) wrote in
news:40******** ********@news.i ndividual.net: * Buster <no***@nowhere. com> schriebt:
All passwords of length Y from a character set with X characters are
equally 'probable' (think 'lottery'). In the obvious thought
experiment, each distinct password has probability 'std::pow (X,
-Y);'.
That turns out not to be the case. Some passwords are used far more
often than others. In particular, passwords that contain English
words are used extremely more often than those that do not.
Not necessarily... 'qwerty' 'asdfg' and '1234' are not English words AFAIK.
:) al***@start.no (Alf P. Steinbach) wrote in
news:40******** ********@news.i ndividual.net: * Buster <no***@nowhere. com> schriebt:
All passwords of length Y from a character set with X characters are
equally 'probable' (think 'lottery'). In the obvious thought
experiment, each distinct password has probability 'std::pow (X,
-Y);'.
That turns out not to be the case. Some passwords are used far more
often than others. In particular, passwords that contain English
words are used extremely more often than those that do not.
Not necessarily... 'qwerty' 'asdfg' and '1234' are not English words AFAIK.
:)
bartek wrote: That turns out not to be the case. Some passwords are used far more
often than others. In particular, passwords that contain English
words are used extremely more often than those that do not.
Not necessarily... 'qwerty' 'asdfg' and '1234' are not English words
AFAIK.
:)
Some (hopefully many) systems will at least warn you that your password
is too trivial, so your examples might not be seen that often. This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics | |
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code?
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