Combinations

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  1. vlado_036

    vlado_036 New Member

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    I have a string array with 16 elements (A01,A02,A03,...,A14,A15,A16) and i would like to create a new string array which wil contais all of the combinations with 8 elements of this array. I need a code on how to complete this task.
     
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    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    Refer to [thread=227]All possible combinations of a string[/thread] article.
     
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    This code is Ok but i do not need all of combinations and permutations. I need only the combiations and I would like the new array contains combination like this :
    A01A02A03A04A05A06A07A08
    A01A02A03A04A05A06A07A09
    A01A02A03A04A05A06A07A10
    A01A02A03A04A05A06A07A11
    . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    A09A10A11A12A13A14A15A16
    I hope you understand what i mean.
     
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    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    You treat an element as A01 and not as 3 seperate characters and apply thew above logic to get the combination.

    Say I identify A01 as X A02 as Y .... and then apply the above all combination to XY... and then resubstitute them when needed.
     
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    My problem is not the string A01 or A02, my problem is that i need only the combinations like this:
    A01A02A03A04A05A06A07A08
    A01A02A03A04A05A06A07A09
    . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .
    . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .
    A09A10A11A12A13A14A15A16

    And the program create combinations like this :

    A01A02A03A04A05A06A07A08
    A02A01A03A04A08A06A07A09
    . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .
    . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .
    A16A10A11A12A13A14A15A09

    If i have 8 of 16 combinations the new array must have 12870 combinatiosn not more.
    I hope you understand what i mean now.
     
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    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    Yes I got your point and you can decrease the amount of looping and get your problem solved.

    In that thread I have commented the complete source code and so that should help you more.

    http://www.go4expert.com/showthread.php?p=3161
     
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    vlado_036 New Member

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    I do not uderstand what should I change in this code to complete my goal.
    I will try to explain better what i would like to do. I will explain problem with smaller number of elements because 16 is too large to write all combinations.
    Let say I have array with 6 elements {A,B,C,D,E,F}. Now i need to find combinations 4 of 6.
    There are 15 combinations of 4 letters from this set ( n!/(r!(n-r)!)=6!/(2!(6-2)!)=15 ) and they are :
    A B C D
    A B C E
    A B C F
    A B D E
    A B D F
    A B E F
    A C D E
    A C D F
    A C E F
    A D E F
    B C D E
    B C D F
    B C E F
    B D E F
    C D E F
    What should I change in you code to have this. Maybe I can not explain good becouse English is not my mother language.
     
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    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    Just edit the following.
    change to the required word.
    Code:
        char str[]="G4EF"; // sample small word e.g. ABCDEF
    Change to the proper value
    Code:
        unsigned long num = fact(key[0]); // Chnage to n!/(r!(n-r)!)=6!/(2!(6-2)!)=15-1 = 14 as we loop till <= num
    In the Display function change the for loop as follows
    Code:
        for(int i=1;i<=k[0];i++) // change k[0] to (n-r) i.r. 4 in this case
    Simple.
     
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    When i apply this changes to code I still don`t have combinations as I write in the previous message.
    Here are the combinations created with new code :
    ABCD ABCD BCDE BCDE CDEF CDFE DEFA DEFA
    EFAB EFAB FABC FABC ABCD ABCD

    I will try to explayin again my problem detailed.
    I need to enter two variables (not larger then 20) N and R (N must be larger then R).
    for example N=6, R=4.

    I create an CString array strArray with N (6) elements
    strArray[0] = "A01"
    . . . . . . . . . .
    . . . . . . . . . .
    strArray[5] = "A06"

    Now I need to create all combinations with R (4) elements of this array and store them in some new array.
     
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    Adjust the display function to have all the combination and pickup the distinct strings from it. I just did not test before posting the suggestions.
     
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    I taste some changes in the code but I still can`t get the output as I need.

    A is caracter on the first pace, B is on the second, C in on the thirdth....
    The caracters should not change their places, I need the combinations of them without changing their places.

    Pls help me about it, I need to complete this goal as soon as it possible
     
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    OK I found some usfull code.
    Here is the function which works exactly what I need but only with numbers smaller then 10.
    Code:
    void Combination(CString arrayN[], __int64 n_column, CString arrayR[], __int64 r_size, __int64 r_column, __int64 loop)
    {
      __int64 localloop = loop;
      __int64 local_n_column = n_column;
      	
      if(r_column>(r_size-1))
      {
           CString strCombination = "";
           for(int e=0; e<r_size; e++)
    	strCombination += arrayR[e];
           m_lbLista1.AddString(strCombination);
           return;
      } 
     	 	
      for(__int64 i=0;i<=loop;i++)
      {
          arrayR[r_column]=arrayN[n_column+i];
          local_n_column++;
          Combination(arrayN,local_n_column,arrayR,r_size,r_column+1,localloop);
          localloop--;
      }
    }
    I enter two numbers "N" and "R"(e.g. N=9, R=7, function shows all the combinations 7 of 9), then I create array "arrayN" with N elements and "arrayR" with R elements.
    When the N and R are smaller then 10 it works excelent, but for any other number larger than 10 it does not work corectly.
    Can somebody tel me what should be changed in the function to work with numbers larger than 10?
     
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  14. shabbir

    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    I would suggest you to use the code block while posting the code in the posts.

    Also try creating a seperate threads for different problem as that helps many other people to see.
     

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