diff --git a/level-2/permutations/permutation_clean.c b/level-2/permutations/permutation_clean.c
index 204383a..417af97 100644
--- a/level-2/permutations/permutation_clean.c
+++ b/level-2/permutations/permutation_clean.c
@@ -1,94 +1,59 @@
-#include <unistd.h> // write
-#include <stdlib.h> // malloc, free
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
-int ft_strlen(const char *s)
+int length;
+char *set;
+char *permutation;
+
+int ft_strlen(char *s)
 {
-	int len = 0;
-	while (s[len])
-		len++;
-	return (len);
+    int i = 0;
+    while(s[i])
+        i++;
+    return (i);
 }
 
-void print_solution(const char *s)
+void permutations(int index, char *used)
 {
-	write(1, s, ft_strlen(s));
-	write(1, "\n", 1);
-}
-
-void ft_swap(char *a, char *b)
-{
-	char temp = *a;
-	*a = *b;
-	*b = temp;
-}
-
-void sort_string(char *str, int n)
-{
-	int i;
-	int j;
-
-	i = 0;
-	while (i < n - 1)
-	{
-		j = 0;
-		while (j < n - i - 1)
-		{
-			if (str[j] > str[j + 1])
-				ft_swap(&str[j], &str[j + 1]);
-			j++;
-		}
-		i++;
-	}
-}
-
-void generate_permutations(char *original_str, char *current_perm, int *used, int n, int k)
-{
-	if (k == n)
-	{
-		print_solution(current_perm);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	int i = 0;
-	while (i < n)
-	{
-		if (used[i] == 0)
-		{
-			current_perm[k] = original_str[i];
-			used[i] = 1;
-			generate_permutations(original_str, current_perm, used, n, k + 1);
-			used[i] = 0;
-		}
-		i++;
-	}
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	if (argc != 2 || !argv[1][0])
-		return (0);
-
-	int n = ft_strlen(argv[1]);
-	char *original_str = argv[1];
+    if (index == length)
+    {
+        printf("%s\n", permutation);
+        return ;
+    }
     
-	sort_string(original_str, n);
+    int i = 0;
+    while (i < length)
+    {
+        if (used[i] == '0')
+        {
+            permutation[index] = set[i];
+            used[i] = '1';
+            permutations(index + 1, used);
+            used[i] = '0';
+        }
+        i++;
+    }
+}
 
-	char *current_perm = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * (n + 1));
-	if (!current_perm)
-		return (1);
-	current_perm[n] = '\0';
+char *populate_used()
+{
+    char *ret = (char *) calloc (length + 1, sizeof(char));
+    int i = 0;
+    while (i < length)
+        ret[i++] = '0';
+    return (ret);
+}
 
-	int *used = (int *)calloc(sizeof(int) * n);
-	if (!used)
-	{
-		free(current_perm);
-		return (1);
-	}
-
-	generate_permutations(original_str, current_perm, used, n, 0);
-
-    free(current_perm);
-	free(used);
-
-	return (0);
+int main(int ac, char **av)
+{
+    if (ac != 2)
+        return (1);
+    set = av[1];
+    length = ft_strlen(av[1]);
+    char *used = populate_used();
+    permutation = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char) * (length + 1));
+    permutations(0, used);
+    free(used);
+    free(permutation);
+    return (0);
 }
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