First possible solution: def rloop(seqin, comb): # xcross product recipe 302478 by David Klaffenbach if seqin: for item in seqin[0]: newcomb = comb + [item] for item in rloop(seqin[1:], newcomb): yield item else: yield comb
data = {1: [(3, 4), (5, 8)], 2: [(5, 4), (21, 3), (19, 2)], 3: [(16, 1), (0, 2), (1, 2), (3, 4)]} print [sol for sol in rloop(data.values(), []) if 24==sum(el[0] for el in sol)] Bye, bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list