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Mathias Bynens 8ee50178f3 Avoid confusing prototype methods for static methods
Correct: `Array.from()` (it’s a static method)
Incorrect: `Array.join()` (doesn’t exist; it’s a prototype method)

This patch uses the common `#` syntax to denote `.prototype.`.
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### stringPermutations
⚠️ **WARNING**: This function's execution time increases exponentially with each character. Anything more than 8 to 10 characters will cause your browser to hang as it tries to solve all the different combinations.
Generates all permutations of a string (contains duplicates).
Use recursion.
For each letter in the given string, create all the partial permutations for the rest of its letters.
Use `Array.prototype.map()` to combine the letter with each partial permutation, then `Array.prototype.reduce()` to combine all permutations in one array.
Base cases are for string `length` equal to `2` or `1`.
```js
const stringPermutations = str => {
if (str.length <= 2) return str.length === 2 ? [str, str[1] + str[0]] : [str];
return str
.split('')
.reduce(
(acc, letter, i) =>
acc.concat(stringPermutations(str.slice(0, i) + str.slice(i + 1)).map(val => letter + val)),
[]
);
};
```
```js
stringPermutations('abc'); // ['abc','acb','bac','bca','cab','cba']
```