RE: [PHP] OT Math Question

Do you mean if the user selects a single value from each of the four dropdowns, but never chooses a value that has already been selected in a previous dropdown? If so, then there are 5 possible choices from the first list, 4 from the second, etc. So, 5*4*3*2 = 120. Kirk > -----Original Message----- > From: rm [mailto:richand2002@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 11:21 AM > To: List PHP > Subject: [PHP] OT Math Question > > > > if i have four drop down menus with five values in > each, and the values are the same for each of the four > drop down menus, how many variations are there without > duplicates, any dups, > > I though the formula was 5 to the 4th power minus 5, > this can't possibly be right. > > math impaired and trying to fake it.... > > rm > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net >