[R] Permutation problem

Robin Hankin r.hankin at noc.soton.ac.uk
Tue Jan 30 13:59:34 CET 2007


Hi


 > library(gtools)
 > combinations(5,3)
       [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]    1    2    3
[2,]    1    2    4
[3,]    1    2    5
[4,]    1    3    4
[5,]    1    3    5
[6,]    1    4    5
[7,]    2    3    4
[8,]    2    3    5
[9,]    2    4    5
[10,]    3    4    5
 >






On 30 Jan 2007, at 12:22, michel lang wrote:

> Dear R-Users,
>
> I need a matrix containing line by line all possible permutations with
> length 'i'  of the integers 1:N, given the restriction that the
> integers in each row have to be in ascending order.
>
> For example: N = 5, length i = 3, should result in a matrix like this:
> 1  2  3
> 1  2  4
> 1  2  5
> 1  3  4
> 1  3  5
> 1  4  5
> 2  3  4
> 2  3  5
> 2  4  5
> 3  4  5
>
> I'm grateful for any advice on how to proceed,
>   Michel Lang
>
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