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): <http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN-US/Nmake15.exe> 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 <http://search.cpan.org/> COPYRIGHT Copyright 2004 Andrea Gasparri <F<andrea@slack.z00.it>> and Dree Mistrut <F<dree@friul.it>>. 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.