Python - Shuffle an int list in each possible variant

Question

I'm very new at python and maybe this is a possible duplicate, but I didn't found anything near these topic.

I want to shuffle an int list in each possible variant in python.

Example:

a = [2, 5, 8, 9]

Expected result:

variants = 
[
  [2, 5, 8, 9],
  [2, 5, 9, 8],
  [2, 9, 5, 8],
  [2, 9, 8, 5],
  [2, 8, 9, 5],
  [2, 8, 5, 9],
  [5, 2, 8, 9],
  ...
]

Anyone an idea, to do this very fast and efficent?

Thanks for helping me guys.

Look no further than [`itertools.permutations()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/itertools.html#itertools.permutations) — norok2, May 25 '20 at 16:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '20 at 16:22

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itertools.permutations(a)

answered May 25 '20 at 16:22

Bill Lynch

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