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+# Recursive function to generate all permutations of a string
+def permutations(remaining, candidate=''):
+ 
+    if len(remaining) == 0:
+        print(candidate)
+ 
+    for i in range(len(remaining)):
+ 
+        newCandidate = candidate + remaining[i]
+        newRemaining = remaining[0:i] + remaining[i+1:]
+ 
+        permutations(newRemaining, newCandidate)
+ 
+ 
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ 
+    s = 'ABC'
+    permutations(s)
+