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Permutations

returns all permutations of the entries of a list
Syntax 

Permutations(L: LIST): LIST

Description
This function computes all permutations of the entries of a list (set). If L has repeated elements it will return repeated elements.

Example 
  Permutations(3..5);
[[3, 4, 5], [3, 5, 4], [4, 3, 5], [4, 5, 3], [5, 3, 4], [5, 4, 3]]
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  Permutations([2, 2, x]);
[[2, 2, x], [2, x, 2], [2, 2, x], [2, x, 2], [x, 2, 2], [x, 2, 2]]
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  MakeSet(Permutations([2, 2, x]));
[[2, 2, x], [2, x, 2], [x, 2, 2]]
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