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Given n and m, the task is to find the number of permutations of n distinct things taking them all at a time such that m particular things never come together.
Examples: 
 

Input  : 7, 3
Output : 420

Input  : 9, 2
Output : 282240


Approach:
Derivation of the formula – 
Total number of arrangements possible using n distinct objects taking all at a time = n!
Number of arrangements of n distinct things taking all at a time, when m particular things always come together, is (n-m+1)! × m!
Hence, the number of permutations of n     distinct things taking all at a time, when m     particular things never come together – 
 

Permutations = n! - (n-m+1)! × m!


Below is the implementation of above approach – 
 

C++

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
int factorial(int n)
{
    int fact = 1;
    for (int i = 2; i <= n; i++)
        fact = fact * i ;
    return (fact);
}
 
int result(int n, int m)
{
    return(factorial(n) -  
           factorial(n - m + 1) *
           factorial(m));
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    cout(result(5, 3));
}
 
// This code is contributed by Mohit Kumar

                    

Java

class GFG
{
static int factorial(int n)
{
    int fact = 1;
    for (int i = 2; i <= n; i++)
        fact = fact * i ;
    return (fact);
}
 
static int result(int n, int m)
{
    return(factorial(n) -
           factorial(n - m + 1) *
           factorial(m));
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void main(String args[])
{
    System.out.println(result(5, 3));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Arnab Kundu

                    

Python3

def factorial(n):
    fact = 1;
    for i in range(2, n + 1):
        fact = fact * i
    return (fact)
 
def result(n, m):
    return(factorial(n) - factorial(n - m + 1) * factorial(m))
 
# driver code
print(result(5, 3))

                    

C#

using System;
 
class GFG
{
    static int factorial(int n)
    {
        int fact = 1;
        for (int i = 2; i <= n; i++)
            fact = fact * i ;
        return (fact);
    }
     
    static int result(int n, int m)
    {
        return(factorial(n) -
               factorial(n - m + 1) *
               factorial(m));
    }
     
    // Driver Code
    public static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(result(5, 3));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by AnkitRai01

                    

Javascript

<script>
 
// Below is the JavaScript implementation of above approach
 
function factorial(n)
{
    let fact = 1;
    for (let i = 2; i <= n; i++)
        fact = fact * i ;
    return (fact);
}
 
function result(n, m)
{
    return(factorial(n) -
        factorial(n - m + 1) *
        factorial(m));
}
 
// Driver Code
 
document.write(result(5, 3));
 
// This code is contributed by Surbhi Tyagi.
 
</script>

                    

Output : 

84

Time Complexity: O(n)

Auxiliary Space: O(1)
 



Last Updated : 26 Feb, 2023
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