Evan Nemerson wrote:
> I need to generate every possible combination of the the values in an array.
> For example, if...
>
> $array = Array("A", "B", "C");
>
> I want to be able to do something like
>
> print_r(magic_function($array));
>
> which would output
>
> Array
> (
> [0] => "ABC"
> [1] => "ACB"
> [2] => "BAC"
> [3] => "BCA"
> [4] => "CAB"
> [5] => "CBA"
> )
>
> I really have no idea where to begin. The best lead I can think of is that
> there are going to be n! elements in the output array, where n is the size of
> the input array.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Evan
>
>
>
for ($x=ord("A");$x<=ord("Z");$x++)
{ for($y=ord("A");$y<=ord("Z");$y++)
{ for($z=ord("A");$z<=ord("Z");$z++)
{ $array[]=chr($x).chr($y).char($z);
}
}
}
is a quick suggestion. Haven't tested it.
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