# Permutations ## What is a Permutation? Imagine you have some letters, like the letters in your name. A **permutation** is just a fancy word for "all the different ways you can arrange those letters." Think of it like this: - If you have the letters **A** and **B**, you can arrange them as **AB** or **BA** - If you have **A**, **B**, and **C**, you can make **ABC**, **ACB**, **BAC**, **BCA**, **CAB**, **CBA** It's like having alphabet blocks and seeing how many different words you can spell by changing the order! ## The Challenge Your mission is to write a program that: 1. Takes a word (like "abc") 2. Shows ALL possible ways to rearrange the letters 3. Shows them in **alphabetical order** (like in a dictionary) ## Real Examples Let's see what our program does: ### Example 1: Single Letter ```bash ./permutations a ``` **Output:** `a` *Why?* There's only one letter, so there's only one way to arrange it! ### Example 2: Two Letters ```bash ./permutations ab ``` **Output:** ``` ab ba ``` *Why?* We can put 'a' first or 'b' first. That's it! ### Example 3: Three Letters ```bash ./permutations abc ``` **Output:** ``` abc acb bac bca cab cba ```