Print first n distinct permutations of string using itertools in Python

# Python3 program to print first n unique 
# permutations of the string using itertools
from itertools import permutations

# Function to print first n unique 
# permutation using itertools 
def nPermute(string, n): 

    # Convert the string to list and sort 
    # the characters in alphabetical order
    strList = sorted(list(string))
    
    # Create an iterator
    permList = permutations(strList)

    # Keep iterating until we 
    # reach nth unique permutation
    i = 0
    permSet = set()
    tempStr = '' 
    
    while i < n:
        tempStr = ''.join(permList.__next__())
        
        # Insert the string in the set
        # if it is not already included
        # and print it out.
        if tempStr not in permSet:
            permSet.add(tempStr)
            print(tempStr)
            i += 1
    
# Driver code 
if __name__ == "__main__":

    string = "ababc"
    n = 10
    nPermute(string, n)