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  1. #!/usr/bin/perl -w
  2.  
  3. use strict;
  4.  
  5. my @AoA = (
  6.     ['a','b','c'],
  7.     ['a','b','c'],
  8.     ['a','b','d'],
  9.     ['a','b','d'],
  10.     [ qw(a b c) ],
  11.     [ qw(c b a) ],
  12.     [ qw(b c a) ],
  13.     [ qw(a b d) ],
  14. );
  15.  
  16. my %combinations;
  17. feedme(@AoA);
  18.  
  19.  
  20. sub feedme {
  21. 	my %uniques;
  22.  
  23. 	for my $ary ( @_ ) {
  24. 		my $sample = join '', @$ary;
  25.  
  26. 		if ( exists $combinations{ $sample } ) {
  27. 			++$uniques{ $combinations{ $sample } };
  28. 		} else {
  29. 			fill_combinations( @$ary );
  30. 			++$uniques{ $combinations{ $sample } };
  31. 		}
  32. 	}
  33.  
  34. 	for (keys %uniques) {
  35. 		printf "%s found %d times\n", $_, $uniques{ $_ };
  36. 	}
  37. }
  38.  
  39. sub fill_combinations(@) {
  40. 	# Note: this function needs to be reworked for >3 elements in an array
  41. 	my $combination = join '', @_;
  42.  
  43. 	my $index = 0;
  44. 	while ( $index < @_ ) {
  45. 		my @left = split $_[$index], $combination;
  46. 		my $fw = join '', $_[$index], @left;
  47. 		my $rv = join '', $_[$index], scalar reverse @left;
  48. 		$combinations{ $fw } = $combination;
  49. 		$combinations{ $rv } = $combination;
  50. 		$index++;
  51. 	}
  52. }
  53.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0s 6000KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
abd found 3 times
abc found 5 times
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language:
Perl (perl 5.28.1)
created:
10 years ago
visibility:
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