Michael Wieher wrote:
>
>
> 2008/3/12, Gerdus van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>:
>
> I have a list that looks like this:
> [['3'], ['9', '1'], ['5'], ['4'], ['2', '5', '8']]
>
> how can I get all the combinations thereof that looks like as follows:
> 3,9,5,4,2
> 3,1,5,4,2
> 3,9,5,4,5
> 3,1,5,4,5
> etc.
>
> Thank You,
> Gerdus
>
> --
>
>
> list = [['3'], ['9', '1'], ['5'], ['4'], ['2', '5', '8']]
> newList = []
> for l in list:
> newList.extend(l)
>
> #newList = [3,9,1,5,4,2,5,8]
> list=[]
> for l in newList:
> if l not in list:
> list.append(l)
>
> #now list is [3,9,1,5,4,2,8]
>
> list.sort()
>
> #now your list is in sorted order
>
> Then, you can just write a series of for loops to spin off your data
> however you like.
>
>
def gen(lists):
out = '[' + ','.join(["v%s" % i for i in range(len(lists))]) + ']'
comp = ''.join([ " for v%d in lists[%d]" % (i, i) for i in
range(len(lists))])
return eval('[ ' + out + comp + ' ]')
a,b,c = [1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]
print gen([a, b, c])
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