我想写一个函数，它以一个字母数组作为参数，并从中选择一些字母。
假设您提供了一个包含8个字母的数组，并希望从中选择3个字母。那么你应该得到:
8! / ((8 - 3)! * 3!) = 56
数组(或单词)，每个数组由3个字母组成。
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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;
}
其他回答
现在又出现了祖辈COBOL，一种饱受诟病的语言。
让我们假设一个包含34个元素的数组，每个元素8个字节(完全是任意选择)。其思想是枚举所有可能的4元素组合，并将它们加载到一个数组中。
我们使用4个指标，每个指标代表4个组中的每个位置
数组是这样处理的:
idx1 = 1
idx2 = 2
idx3 = 3
idx4 = 4
我们把idx4从4变到最后。对于每个idx4，我们得到一个唯一的组合 四人一组。当idx4到达数组的末尾时，我们将idx3增加1，并将idx4设置为idx3+1。然后再次运行idx4到最后。我们以这种方式继续，分别增加idx3、idx2和idx1，直到idx1的位置距离数组末端小于4。算法就完成了。
1 --- pos.1
2 --- pos 2
3 --- pos 3
4 --- pos 4
5
6
7
etc.
第一次迭代:
1234
1235
1236
1237
1245
1246
1247
1256
1257
1267
etc.
一个COBOL的例子:
01 DATA_ARAY.
05 FILLER PIC X(8) VALUE "VALUE_01".
05 FILLER PIC X(8) VALUE "VALUE_02".
etc.
01 ARAY_DATA OCCURS 34.
05 ARAY_ITEM PIC X(8).
01 OUTPUT_ARAY OCCURS 50000 PIC X(32).
01 MAX_NUM PIC 99 COMP VALUE 34.
01 INDEXXES COMP.
05 IDX1 PIC 99.
05 IDX2 PIC 99.
05 IDX3 PIC 99.
05 IDX4 PIC 99.
05 OUT_IDX PIC 9(9).
01 WHERE_TO_STOP_SEARCH PIC 99 COMP.
* Stop the search when IDX1 is on the third last array element:
COMPUTE WHERE_TO_STOP_SEARCH = MAX_VALUE - 3
MOVE 1 TO IDX1
PERFORM UNTIL IDX1 > WHERE_TO_STOP_SEARCH
COMPUTE IDX2 = IDX1 + 1
PERFORM UNTIL IDX2 > MAX_NUM
COMPUTE IDX3 = IDX2 + 1
PERFORM UNTIL IDX3 > MAX_NUM
COMPUTE IDX4 = IDX3 + 1
PERFORM UNTIL IDX4 > MAX_NUM
ADD 1 TO OUT_IDX
STRING ARAY_ITEM(IDX1)
ARAY_ITEM(IDX2)
ARAY_ITEM(IDX3)
ARAY_ITEM(IDX4)
INTO OUTPUT_ARAY(OUT_IDX)
ADD 1 TO IDX4
END-PERFORM
ADD 1 TO IDX3
END-PERFORM
ADD 1 TO IDX2
END_PERFORM
ADD 1 TO IDX1
END-PERFORM.
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;
}
这是我对javascript的贡献(没有递归)
set = ["q0", "q1", "q2", "q3"]
collector = []
function comb(num) {
results = []
one_comb = []
for (i = set.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
tmp = Math.pow(2, i)
quotient = parseInt(num / tmp)
results.push(quotient)
num = num % tmp
}
k = 0
for (i = 0; i < results.length; ++i)
if (results[i]) {
++k
one_comb.push(set[i])
}
if (collector[k] == undefined)
collector[k] = []
collector[k].push(one_comb)
}
sum = 0
for (i = 0; i < set.length; ++i)
sum += Math.pow(2, i)
for (ii = sum; ii > 0; --ii)
comb(ii)
cnt = 0
for (i = 1; i < collector.length; ++i) {
n = 0
for (j = 0; j < collector[i].length; ++j)
document.write(++cnt, " - " + (++n) + " - ", collector[i][j], "<br>")
document.write("<hr>")
}
下面是我最近用Java写的一段代码，它计算并返回从“outOf”元素中“num”元素的所有组合。
// author: Sourabh Bhat (heySourabh@gmail.com)
public class Testing
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Test case num = 5, outOf = 8.
int num = 5;
int outOf = 8;
int[][] combinations = getCombinations(num, outOf);
for (int i = 0; i < combinations.length; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < combinations[i].length; j++)
{
System.out.print(combinations[i][j] + " ");
}
System.out.println();
}
}
private static int[][] getCombinations(int num, int outOf)
{
int possibilities = get_nCr(outOf, num);
int[][] combinations = new int[possibilities][num];
int arrayPointer = 0;
int[] counter = new int[num];
for (int i = 0; i < num; i++)
{
counter[i] = i;
}
breakLoop: while (true)
{
// Initializing part
for (int i = 1; i < num; i++)
{
if (counter[i] >= outOf - (num - 1 - i))
counter[i] = counter[i - 1] + 1;
}
// Testing part
for (int i = 0; i < num; i++)
{
if (counter[i] < outOf)
{
continue;
} else
{
break breakLoop;
}
}
// Innermost part
combinations[arrayPointer] = counter.clone();
arrayPointer++;
// Incrementing part
counter[num - 1]++;
for (int i = num - 1; i >= 1; i--)
{
if (counter[i] >= outOf - (num - 1 - i))
counter[i - 1]++;
}
}
return combinations;
}
private static int get_nCr(int n, int r)
{
if(r > n)
{
throw new ArithmeticException("r is greater then n");
}
long numerator = 1;
long denominator = 1;
for (int i = n; i >= r + 1; i--)
{
numerator *= i;
}
for (int i = 2; i <= n - r; i++)
{
denominator *= i;
}
return (int) (numerator / denominator);
}
}
如果你可以使用SQL语法——比如，如果你使用LINQ访问一个结构或数组的字段，或者直接访问一个数据库，其中有一个名为“Alphabet”的表，只有一个字符字段“Letter”，你可以适应以下代码:
SELECT A.Letter, B.Letter, C.Letter
FROM Alphabet AS A, Alphabet AS B, Alphabet AS C
WHERE A.Letter<>B.Letter AND A.Letter<>C.Letter AND B.Letter<>C.Letter
AND A.Letter<B.Letter AND B.Letter<C.Letter
这将返回所有3个字母的组合，不管你在表格“字母表”中有多少个字母(它可以是3,8,10,27等)。
如果你想要的是所有的排列，而不是组合(也就是说，你想要“ACB”和“ABC”被视为不同的，而不是只出现一次)，只需删除最后一行(and一行)，就完成了。
Post-Edit:重新阅读问题后，我意识到需要的是通用算法，而不仅仅是选择3个项目的特定算法。Adam Hughes的答案是完整的，不幸的是我还不能投票。这个答案很简单，但只适用于你想要三样东西的时候。
