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COMB P,L / P=PERMUTATIONS,<n> 
lists all permutations of <n> given elements (default 1,2,3,...)
in lexicographic order.
Example:
COMB PERM,CUR+1 / PERM=PERMUTATIONS,3
Permutations of 3 elements: N[PERM]=6
1 2 3
1 3 2
2 1 3
2 3 1
3 1 2
3 2 1

COMB P,L / P=PERMUTATIONS,<n>,<m> 
lists <m>-permutations of <n> given elements (default 1,2,3,...)
in lexicographic order.
Example:
COMB PERM,CUR+1 / PERM=PERMUTATIONS,4,2  ELEMENTS=A,B,C,D
2-permutations of 4 elements: N[PERM]=12
A B
A C
A D
B A
B C
B D
C A
C B
C D
D A
D B
D C

ELEMENTS=<list_of_elements_with_repetitions> 
COMB P,L / P=PERMUTATIONS,<n>,<m> 
lists <m>-permutations of <n> 
in lexicographic order from a list given by ELEMENTS.
Example:
COMB PERM,CUR+1 / PERM=PERMUTATIONS,5,3  ELEMENTS=A,A,A,B,B
3-permutations of 5 elements (with repetitions): N[PERM]=7
A A A
A A B
A B A
A B B
B A A
B A B
B B A

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Permutations with restricted positions:
COMB PERM,CUR+1 / PERM=R_PERMUTATIONS,<n> RESTRICTIONS=<matrix_file> 
lists permutations of <n> elements with restricted positions
given by non-zero elements in <n>*<n> <matrix_file>.

Example:
MATRIX A5 ///
1 0 0 0 1     / `1' cannot be in positions 1,5.
0 1 1 0 0     / `2' cannot be in positions 2,3.
0 0 1 1 1     / `3' cannot be in positions 3,4,5.
1 1 0 0 0     / `4' cannot be in positions 1,2.
1 0 1 0 1     / `5' cannot be in positions 1,3,5.

MAT SAVE A5
COMB PERM,CUR+1 / PERM=R_PERMUTATIONS,5 RESTRICTIONS=A5
Permutations of 5 elements with restrictions A5: N[PERM]=5
2 3 1 5 4
3 1 4 5 2
3 5 1 2 4
3 5 1 4 2
3 5 4 1 2

R_PERMUTATIONS is much quicker than PERMUTATIONS in cases of
many restricted positions and somewhat slower in simple cases.
PERMUTATIONS generates all permutations and cancels non-allowed cases.
R_PERMUTATIONS uses a recursive algorithm where restrictions are
observed already when permutations are generated.

Example: 'i' not allowed in positions i-1,i,i+1 (i=1,..,n n+1=1)
MATRIX A ///
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

MAT SAVE A
MAT C=DIAGVEC(A)   / *C~DIAGVEC(A) S11*11
/MATSHOW C,12

COMB P,CUR+1 / P=R_PERMUTATIONS,11 RESTRICTIONS=C  RESULTS=0
Permutations of 11 elements with restrictions C: N[P]=1445100

is about 6 times faster than
COMB P,CUR+1 / P=PERMUTATIONS,11 RESTRICTIONS=C  RESULTS=0

    C = Other forms of COMB