2 perm - permutation number
14 Return the permutation number P(x,y) which is defined as:
20 This function computes the number of permutations in which y things
21 may be chosen from x items where order in which they are chosen matters.
24 ; print perm(7,3), perm(7,4), perm(7,5), perm(3,0), perm(0,0)
27 ; print perm(2^31+1,3)
28 9903520314283042197045510144
35 void zperm(NUMBER x, y, *ret)
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56 ## @(#) $Revision: 30.1 $
57 ## @(#) $Id: perm,v 30.1 2007/03/16 11:10:42 chongo Exp $
58 ## @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/cmd/calc/help/RCS/perm,v $
60 ## Under source code control: 1994/10/20 04:03:02
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