用c#的另一个解决方案:

 static List<List<T>> GetCombinations<T>(List<T> originalItems, int combinationLength)
    {
        if (combinationLength < 1)
        {
            return null;
        }

        return CreateCombinations<T>(new List<T>(), 0, combinationLength, originalItems);
    }

 static List<List<T>> CreateCombinations<T>(List<T> initialCombination, int startIndex, int length, List<T> originalItems)
    {
        List<List<T>> combinations = new List<List<T>>();
        for (int i = startIndex; i < originalItems.Count - length + 1; i++)
        {
            List<T> newCombination = new List<T>(initialCombination);
            newCombination.Add(originalItems[i]);
            if (length > 1)
            {
                List<List<T>> newCombinations = CreateCombinations(newCombination, i + 1, length - 1, originalItems);
                combinations.AddRange(newCombinations);
            }
            else
            {
                combinations.Add(newCombination);
            }
        }

        return combinations;
    }

用法示例:

   List<char> initialArray = new List<char>() { 'a','b','c','d'};
   int combinationLength = 3;
   List<List<char>> combinations = GetCombinations(initialArray, combinationLength);

下面是一个coffeescript实现

combinations: (list, n) ->
        permuations = Math.pow(2, list.length) - 1
        out = []
        combinations = []

        while permuations
            out = []

            for i in [0..list.length]
                y = ( 1 << i )
                if( y & permuations and (y isnt permuations))
                    out.push(list[i])

            if out.length <= n and out.length > 0
                combinations.push(out)

            permuations--

        return combinations 

像Andrea Ambu一样用Python写的，但不是硬编码来选择三个。

def combinations(list, k):
    """Choose combinations of list, choosing k elements(no repeats)"""
    if len(list) < k:
        return []
    else:
        seq = [i for i in range(k)]
        while seq:
            print [list[index] for index in seq]
            seq = get_next_combination(len(list), k, seq)

def get_next_combination(num_elements, k, seq):
        index_to_move = find_index_to_move(num_elements, seq)
        if index_to_move == None:
            return None
        else:
            seq[index_to_move] += 1

            #for every element past this sequence, move it down
            for i, elem in enumerate(seq[(index_to_move+1):]):
                seq[i + 1 + index_to_move] = seq[index_to_move] + i + 1

            return seq

def find_index_to_move(num_elements, seq):
        """Tells which index should be moved"""
        for rev_index, elem in enumerate(reversed(seq)):
            if elem < (num_elements - rev_index - 1):
                return len(seq) - rev_index - 1
        return None   

这是我用c++写的命题

我尽可能少地限制迭代器类型，所以这个解决方案假设只有前向迭代器，它可以是const_iterator。这应该适用于任何标准容器。在参数没有意义的情况下，它抛出std:: invalid_argument

#include <vector>
#include <stdexcept>

template <typename Fci> // Fci - forward const iterator
std::vector<std::vector<Fci> >
enumerate_combinations(Fci begin, Fci end, unsigned int combination_size)
{
    if(begin == end && combination_size > 0u)
        throw std::invalid_argument("empty set and positive combination size!");
    std::vector<std::vector<Fci> > result; // empty set of combinations
    if(combination_size == 0u) return result; // there is exactly one combination of
                                              // size 0 - emty set
    std::vector<Fci> current_combination;
    current_combination.reserve(combination_size + 1u); // I reserve one aditional slot
                                                        // in my vector to store
                                                        // the end sentinel there.
                                                        // The code is cleaner thanks to that
    for(unsigned int i = 0u; i < combination_size && begin != end; ++i, ++begin)
    {
        current_combination.push_back(begin); // Construction of the first combination
    }
    // Since I assume the itarators support only incrementing, I have to iterate over
    // the set to get its size, which is expensive. Here I had to itrate anyway to  
    // produce the first cobination, so I use the loop to also check the size.
    if(current_combination.size() < combination_size)
        throw std::invalid_argument("combination size > set size!");
    result.push_back(current_combination); // Store the first combination in the results set
    current_combination.push_back(end); // Here I add mentioned earlier sentinel to
                                        // simplyfy rest of the code. If I did it 
                                        // earlier, previous statement would get ugly.
    while(true)
    {
        unsigned int i = combination_size;
        Fci tmp;                            // Thanks to the sentinel I can find first
        do                                  // iterator to change, simply by scaning
        {                                   // from right to left and looking for the
            tmp = current_combination[--i]; // first "bubble". The fact, that it's 
            ++tmp;                          // a forward iterator makes it ugly but I
        }                                   // can't help it.
        while(i > 0u && tmp == current_combination[i + 1u]);

        // Here is probably my most obfuscated expression.
        // Loop above looks for a "bubble". If there is no "bubble", that means, that
        // current_combination is the last combination, Expression in the if statement
        // below evaluates to true and the function exits returning result.
        // If the "bubble" is found however, the ststement below has a sideeffect of 
        // incrementing the first iterator to the left of the "bubble".
        if(++current_combination[i] == current_combination[i + 1u])
            return result;
        // Rest of the code sets posiotons of the rest of the iterstors
        // (if there are any), that are to the right of the incremented one,
        // to form next combination

        while(++i < combination_size)
        {
            current_combination[i] = current_combination[i - 1u];
            ++current_combination[i];
        }
        // Below is the ugly side of using the sentinel. Well it had to haave some 
        // disadvantage. Try without it.
        result.push_back(std::vector<Fci>(current_combination.begin(),
                                          current_combination.end() - 1));
    }
}

我们可以用比特的概念来做这个。假设我们有一个字符串“abc”，我们想要所有长度为2的元素的组合(即“ab”，“ac”，“bc”)。

我们可以在1到2^n(排他性)的数字中找到集合位。这里是1到7，只要我们设置了bits = 2，我们就可以从string中输出相应的值。

例如:

1 - 001 二零零一 3011 ->印刷ab (str[0]， str[1]) 四到一百。 5 - 101 ->打印ac (str[0]， str[2]) 6 - 110 ->印刷ab (str[1]， str[2]) 7 - 111。

代码示例:

public class StringCombinationK {   
    static void combk(String s , int k){
        int n = s.length();
        int num = 1<<n;
        int j=0;
        int count=0;

        for(int i=0;i<num;i++){
            if (countSet(i)==k){
                setBits(i,j,s);
                count++;
                System.out.println();
            }
        }

        System.out.println(count);
    }

    static void setBits(int i,int j,String s){ // print the corresponding string value,j represent the index of set bit
        if(i==0){
            return;
        }

        if(i%2==1){
            System.out.print(s.charAt(j));                  
        }

        setBits(i/2,j+1,s);
    }

    static int countSet(int i){ //count number of set bits
        if( i==0){
            return 0;
        }

        return (i%2==0? 0:1) + countSet(i/2);
    }

    public static void main(String[] arhs){
        String s = "abcdefgh";
        int k=3;
        combk(s,k);
    }
}

简短快速的c#实现

public static IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>> Combinations<T>(IEnumerable<T> elements, int k)
{
    return Combinations(elements.Count(), k).Select(p => p.Select(q => elements.ElementAt(q)));                
}      

public static List<int[]> Combinations(int setLenght, int subSetLenght) //5, 3
{
    var result = new List<int[]>();

    var lastIndex = subSetLenght - 1;
    var dif = setLenght - subSetLenght;
    var prevSubSet = new int[subSetLenght];
    var lastSubSet = new int[subSetLenght];
    for (int i = 0; i < subSetLenght; i++)
    {
        prevSubSet[i] = i;
        lastSubSet[i] = i + dif;
    }

    while(true)
    {
        //add subSet ad result set
        var n = new int[subSetLenght];
        for (int i = 0; i < subSetLenght; i++)
            n[i] = prevSubSet[i];

        result.Add(n);

        if (prevSubSet[0] >= lastSubSet[0])
            break;

        //start at index 1 because index 0 is checked and breaking in the current loop
        int j = 1;
        for (; j < subSetLenght; j++)
        {
            if (prevSubSet[j] >= lastSubSet[j])
            {
                prevSubSet[j - 1]++;

                for (int p = j; p < subSetLenght; p++)
                    prevSubSet[p] = prevSubSet[p - 1] + 1;

                break;
            }
        }

        if (j > lastIndex)
            prevSubSet[lastIndex]++;
    }

    return result;
}