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#+title: Mixed-radix generation - TAOCP
#+date: <2024-04-15 Mon>
#+category: taocp
#+pseudocode: true
#+bibliography: references.bib
#+slug: taocp/permutations
#+hugo_draft: true
#+hugo_front_matter_format: yaml
#+hugo_base_dir: ../../
#+hugo_custom_front_matter: :pseudocode true
In his draft on Generating all $n$ tuples, of The Art of Computer Programming, Knuth presents the following algorithm for the generation of $n$-tuples [cite:@knuthDraftSectionGenerating2002].
#+begin_export html
<pre id="hello-world-code" class="pseudocode">
\begin{algorithm}
\caption{Mixed-radix generation}
\begin{algorithmic}
\State \textbf{M1.} [Initialize.] Set $a_j \gets 0$ for $0 \leq j \leq n$, and set $m_0 \gets 2$.
\State \textbf{M2.} [Visit.] Visit the \(n\)-tuple $(a_1, ..., a_n)$ (The program that wants to examine all $n$-tuples now does its thing.)
\State \textbf{M3.} [Prepare to add one.] Set $j \gets n$.
\State \textbf{M4.} [Carry if necessary.] If $a_j = m_j - 1$, set $a_j \gets 0$, $j \gets j - 1$ and repeat this step.
\State \textbf{M5.} [Increase, unless done.] If $j = 0$, terminate the algorithm. Otherwise set $a_j \gets a_j + 1$ and go back to step M2.
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}
</pre>
#+end_export
In this document, I try to implement this algorithm in C.
#+begin_src C
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
void print_array(unsigned short int *a, size_t n) {
for (size_t i=0; i < n; i++) {
printf("%d", a[i]);
if (i < n - 1) {
printf(", ");
} else {
printf("\n");
}
}
}
/** Apply function fun on the generated permutations
,*/
void mixed_radix(const size_t n, void (*fun)()) {
// Initialize
unsigned short int a[n];
unsigned short int m_0 = 2;
// Visit
fun(a);
// Prepare to add one
size_t j = n;
// Carry if necessary
if (a[j] == )
}
void main() {
const size_t n = 4;
unsigned short int a[n];
print_array(a, n);
}
#+end_src
#+RESULTS:
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
#+print_bibliography: