const stringPermutations = str => { if (str.length <= 2) return str.length === 2 ? [str, str[1] + str[0]] : [str]; return str .split('') .reduce( (acc, letter, i) => acc.concat(stringPermutations(str.slice(0, i) + str.slice(i + 1)).map(val => letter + val)), [] ); };