EPI 5.5 THE POWER SET

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

template <typename T>
void generate_power_set(const vector<T>& S) {
    for (int i = 1; i < (1 << S.size()); i++) {
        int x = i;
        for (int j = 0; x >> j; j++) {
            if ((x >> j) & 1) {
                cout << S[j];
                if (x >> (j + 1)) {
                    cout << ',';
                }
            }
        }
        cout << endl;
    }
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    srand(time(nullptr));
    vector<char> S;
    if (argc >= 2) {
        for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
            S.emplace_back(argv[i][0]);
        }
    } else {
        S.resize(rand() % 10 + 1);
        for (int i = 0; i < S.size(); i++) {
            S[i] = 'A' + i;
        }
    }
    generate_power_set(S);
    return 0;
}