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Algorithms and Data Structures implemented in JavaScript for beginners, following best practices.

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'use strict'
const permutate = (aString) => {
if (typeof aString !== 'string' || !aString) {
throw new Error('The arg must be a valid, non empty string')
}
const characters = aString.split('')
let permutations = [[characters.shift()]]
while (characters.length) {
const currentCharacter = characters.shift()
permutations = calculateCurrentCharacterPermutation(
permutations,
currentCharacter
)
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}
return permutations
.map((character) => character.join(''))
.filter((item, index, self) => self.indexOf(item) === index)
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.sort()
}
const calculateCurrentCharacterPermutation = (
allPermutations,
currentCharacter
) => {
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const currentPermutations = []
allPermutations.forEach((permutation) => {
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let index = 0
while (index <= permutation.length) {
const tmp = [...permutation]
tmp.splice(index, 0, currentCharacter)
currentPermutations.push(tmp)
index++
}
})
return currentPermutations
}
export { permutate }