String::OrderedCombination - An algorithm to calculate all the strings resulting from an ordered combination of k characters from n characters available. PREREQUISITES This suite requires Perl 5; I tested it only under Perl 5.8. String::Combination requires the Test module. A C compiler. INSTALLATION You install String::Combination by running these commands in the *nix environment: perl Makefile.PL make make test (optional) make install To install String::Combination in the Win32 environment, use nmake instead of make. nmake is available for free (in a self extracting executable): After download and inflate, put nmake.exe and nmake.err in c:\windows\command . You need also a C compiler (e.g. Visual C++). DOCUMENTATION POD format documentation is included in Combination.pm. POD is readable with the command: perldoc String::Combination AVAILABILITY The latest version of String::Combination is available from the CPAN COPYRIGHT Copyright 2004 Andrea Gasparri > and Dree Mistrut >. This package is free software and is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.