void Main() { var charString = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz01234567890!@#$%^&*()_-+=}{][?/><,."; var charList = charString.ToCharArray().Select(c => c.ToString()).AsEnumerable(); IEnumerable> result = GetPermutations(charList, 8); } static IEnumerable> GetPermutations(IEnumerable list, int length) { if (length == 1) return list.Select(t => new T[] { t }); return GetPermutations(list, length - 1) .SelectMany(t => list.Where(e => !t.Contains(e)), (t1, t2) => t1.Concat(new T[] { t2 })); }