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from itertools import permutations lst = list(permutations('abcdefg')) ans1 = 0 ans2 = 0 for tp in lst: if tp.index('a') < tp.index('b') and tp.index('b') < tp.index('c') and tp.index('d') < tp.index('e'): ans1 += 1 if tp.index('a') > tp.index('b') and tp.index('b') > tp.index('c') and tp.index('d') > tp.index('e'): ans2 += 1 print(ans1, ans2)