排列组合问题python

#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-

mList = ['a','b','c','d']
use = [0,0,0,0,0]
pList=[]
NUM = 0
def zuHe( mlist, begin, n):
    global NUM
    if begin == n:
        NUM += 1
        #打印出所有组合
        print "%3s:"%NUM,pList
        return
    for i in range(n):
        if use[i]==0:
            use[i] = 1
            pList.append(mlist[i])
            zuHe(mlist,begin+1,n)
            pList.pop()
            use[i] = 0

>>> zuHe(mList,0,len(mList))
  1: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
  2: ['a', 'b', 'd', 'c']
  3: ['a', 'c', 'b', 'd']
  4: ['a', 'c', 'd', 'b']
  5: ['a', 'd', 'b', 'c']
  6: ['a', 'd', 'c', 'b']
  7: ['b', 'a', 'c', 'd']
  8: ['b'