/// <inheritdoc/> /// <remarks> /// This method calls <see cref="MathArrays.shuffle(int[],RandomGenerator)"/> /// in order to create a random shuffle of the set /// of natural numbers <c>{ 0, 1, ..., n - 1 </c>}. /// </remarks> /// <exception cref="NumberIsTooLargeException"> if <c>k > n</c>.</exception> /// <exception cref="NotStrictlyPositiveException"> if <c>k <= 0</c>.</exception> public int[] nextPermutation(int n, int k) { if (k > n) { throw new NumberIsTooLargeException <Int32, Int32>(new LocalizedFormats("PERMUTATION_EXCEEDS_N"), k, n, true); } if (k <= 0) { throw new NotStrictlyPositiveException <Int32>(new LocalizedFormats("PERMUTATION_SIZE"), k); } int[] index = MathArrays.natural(n); MathArrays.shuffle(index, getRandomGenerator()); // Return a new array containing the first "k" entries of "index". return(MathArrays.copyOf(index, k)); }