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Python | SymPy Permutation.get_positional_distance() method

Permutation.get_positional_distance() : get_positional_distance() is a sympy Python library function that calculates the positional distance between two permutations.

Syntax :
sympy.combinatorics.permutations.Permutation.get_positional_distance()

Return :
positional distance between two permutations

Code #1 : get_positional_distance() Example




# Python code explaining
# SymPy.Permutation.get_positional_distance()
  
# importing SymPy libraries
from sympy.combinatorics.partitions import Partition
from sympy.combinatorics.permutations import Permutation
  
# Using from 
# sympy.combinatorics.permutations.Permutation.get_positional_distance() method 
  
# creating Permutation
a = Permutation([2, 0, 3, 1, 5, 4])
  
b = Permutation([3, 1, 2, 5, 4, 0])
  
c = Permutation([0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 2])
  
print ("a - get_positional_distance form b: ", a.get_positional_distance(b))
print ("b - get_positional_distance form c: ", b.get_positional_distance(c))


Output :

a – get_positional_distance form b: 12
b – get_positional_distance form c: 8

Code #2 : get_positional_distance() Example – 2D Permutation




# Python code explaining
# SymPy.Permutation.get_positional_distance()
  
# importing SymPy libraries
from sympy.combinatorics.partitions import Partition
from sympy.combinatorics.permutations import Permutation
  
# Using from 
# sympy.combinatorics.permutations.Permutation.get_positional_distance() method 
  
# creating Permutation
a = Permutation([[2, 4, 0], 
                 [7, 1, 3],
                 [8, 5, 6]])
  
b = Permutation([[8, 4, 0], 
                 [2, 7, 0],
                 [1, 6, 7]])
      
print ("a get_positional_distance form b : ", a.get_positional_distance(b))


Output :

a get_positional_distance form b : 22

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