Combo problems.. Multi Array??
| From: | Michael Benbow | Date: | Mon, 14 Jun 2004 07:30:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Combo problems.. Multi Array?? | ||
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Hi,
I've got a problem which has left me scratching my head for the better part of a week. What I need to do is take x amount of items on one side, and somehow find all the combinations of y that fit in x. Now I know this doesn't make much sense but it is very hard to explain, so I'm probably better off giving an example.
In this example just say I have three isntances of x; A, B and C. x can grow to as much as 5 or 6 (D, E, F).
On the flipside I have two instances of y; [1] and [2]
I need to find how many combinations there are where y can fit in x.
The outcome, if working properly, should be...
A [1][2] B C A B [1][2] C A B C [1][2] A [1] B [2] C A B [1] C [2] A [1] B C [2] A [2] B [1] C A [2] C C [1] A B [2] C [1]Does anyone have any ideas on how I could do this? As I said I'm completely stumped. Thanks, Michael.