#include <iostream> // std::cout
#include <algorithm> // std::next_permutation, std::sort
#include <string> // std::string
#include <vector> // std::vector
int main () {
std::string sentence1 = " B Sentence number two ";
std::string sentence2 = " B Sentence number two ";
std::string sentence3 = " C Sentence number three ";
std::string sentence4 = " D Sentence number four ";
// Store all the elements in a container ( here a std::vector)
std::vector<std::string> myVectorOfStrings;
// In the vector we add all the sentences.
// Note : It is possible to do myVectorOfStrings.push_back("Some sentence");
myVectorOfStrings.push_back(sentence1);
myVectorOfStrings.push_back(sentence2);
myVectorOfStrings.push_back(sentence3);
myVectorOfStrings.push_back(sentence4);
// The elements must be sorted to output all the combinations
std::sort (myVectorOfStrings.begin(),myVectorOfStrings.end());
std::cout << "The 4! possible permutations with 4 elements:\n";
do {
//This printing can be improved to handle any number of sentences, not only four.
std::cout << myVectorOfStrings[0] << ' ' << myVectorOfStrings[1] << ' ' << myVectorOfStrings[2] << ' ' << myVectorOfStrings[3] << '\n';
} while ( std::next_permutation(myVectorOfStrings.begin(),myVectorOfStrings.end()) );
std::cout << "After loop: " << myVectorOfStrings[0] << ' ' << myVectorOfStrings[1] << ' ' << myVectorOfStrings[2] << ' ' << myVectorOfStrings[3] << '\n';
return 0;
}