#!/usr/bin/env python3 ######################################################################## # Solves problem 24 from projectEuler.net. # Finds the 1000000th lexicographic permutation of the 10 digits. # Copyright (C) 2010 Santiago Alessandri # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # # You can contact me at san.lt.ss@gmail.com # Visit my wiki at http://san-ss.wikidot.com ######################################################################## from CommonFunctions import factorial def combinations(n, r): return factorial(n) // (factorial(n - r)) if __name__ == '__main__': number = 999999 lst = list(range(10)) result = [] for i in range(9, -1, -1): comb = combinations(i, i) index = number // comb number = number % comb result.append(str(lst.pop(index))) print("The result is:", ''.join(result))