Newbie: Python & ADFGVX Cipher Cracking?

[Arthur Rambo]

The following solution is far better (based on a generator):

def xpermutations(objects):
    """A generator that returns the complete set of permutations of a
list of objects"""
    
    if objects==[]: yield []
    else:
        l=len(objects)
        for i in xrange(l):
            for cc in xpermutations(objects[:i]+objects[i+1:]):
                yield [objects[i]]+cc

>>> for p in xpermutations(['A','B','C']):
... 	print p
... 	
['A', 'B', 'C']
['A', 'C', 'B']
['B', 'A', 'C']
['B', 'C', 'A']
['C', 'A', 'B']
['C', 'B', 'A']

Derived from Python cookbook:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/190465

Arthur