Function encode 

pub fn encode<T: Ord>(xs: &[T]) -> usize

Returns the value of a permutation.

The returned value can be decoded with decode to get back xs.

let mut ys = xs.to_vec();
ys.sort();
let p = encode(xs);
assert_eq!(decode(&ys, p), xs);

Panics

Panics in debug mode if xs does not contain distinct elements.

Examples

assert_eq!(encode(&[0, 1, 2]), 0);
assert_eq!(encode(&[0, 2, 1]), 1);
assert_eq!(encode(&[1, 0, 2]), 2);