tricky statistics problem

[Danny]

Hi there

I need help with a tricky problem.
I have a 2 dimensional array with qualities such as
ball size, ball color, ball weight.

Now I have to print out all the possible combinations of this.

assume I have it stored as such
i have two dimensional array ball:
ball (x,y)
x = the number of possible things a ball can be, like color, size ,weight,
bounce height, smootheness for example.
y = is that feature like red,green, blue - 3 inches, 2 inches - 3 lbs, 1
lbs - 3 feet hi, 1 foot hi, 5 ft hi - smooth, rough, bumpy

now, how can I loop thru this array and pring all the combinations:
like bal(0,0) + bal(1,0) + ball(2,0) + ball(3,0)+ball( 4,0)= red+2inches+3
lbs+3 feet hi+smooth
ball(0,0)+ball( 1,0)+ball(2,0)+ ball(3,0)+ball( 4,1) = red+2inches+3lb s+3feet
hig+rough

etc

thanks in advance

[WindAndWaves]

Do you want to do a numeric or a text field addition?? Your question is
unclear to me but I think I can give the answer if you spell out what you
want to achieve a bit more.

Do you want a string or a code or a number or what?
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[Danny]

Thanks for your response.
I would like the actual strings to show what the combinations are.
Assume the actual strings are already in the multidimensiona l array as show
in my post.

I just dont know how to loop through the array to build this string.
since you can really only access one element of the array at a time with the
loop

Would be great if you could help

Thanks
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Do you want to do a numeric or a text field addition?? Your question is
unclear to me but I think I can give the answer if you spell out what you
want to achieve a bit more.

Do you want a string or a code or a number or what?
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[Tom van Stiphout]

On Thu, 20 May 2004 11:01:06 GMT, "Danny" <da********@hot mail.com>
wrote:
Try something like:
dim x as integer
dim y as integer
for x=0 to ubound(ball(1))
for y = 0 to ubound(ball(2))
debug.print "ball(" & x & "," & y & ")=" & ball(x,y)
next y
next x

-Tom.

Hi there

I need help with a tricky problem.
I have a 2 dimensional array with qualities such as
ball size, ball color, ball weight.

Now I have to print out all the possible combinations of this.

assume I have it stored as such
i have two dimensional array ball:
ball (x,y)
x = the number of possible things a ball can be, like color, size ,weight,
bounce height, smootheness for example.
y = is that feature like red,green, blue - 3 inches, 2 inches - 3 lbs, 1
lbs - 3 feet hi, 1 foot hi, 5 ft hi - smooth, rough, bumpy

now, how can I loop thru this array and pring all the combinations:
like bal(0,0) + bal(1,0) + ball(2,0) + ball(3,0)+ball( 4,0)= red+2inches+3
lbs+3 feet hi+smooth
ball(0,0)+ball (1,0)+ball(2,0) +ball(3,0)+ball (4,1) = red+2inches+3lb s+3feet
hig+rough

etc

thanks in advance

[Danny]

This just prints each feature out, I need to print out all possbile
combinations.
like:
red+2inches+3lb s+3 feet hi+smooth
not just
red
2inches
3 lbs
3 feet hi
smooth

This is tricky
"Tom van Stiphout" <to*****@no.spa m.cox.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 May 2004 11:01:06 GMT, "Danny" <da********@hot mail.com>
wrote:
Try something like:
dim x as integer
dim y as integer
for x=0 to ubound(ball(1))
for y = 0 to ubound(ball(2))
debug.print "ball(" & x & "," & y & ")=" & ball(x,y)
next y
next x

-Tom.

Hi there

I need help with a tricky problem.
I have a 2 dimensional array with qualities such as
ball size, ball color, ball weight.

Now I have to print out all the possible combinations of this.

assume I have it stored as such
i have two dimensional array ball:
ball (x,y)
x = the number of possible things a ball can be, like color, size ,weight,bounce height, smootheness for example.
y = is that feature like red,green, blue - 3 inches, 2 inches - 3 lbs, 1
lbs - 3 feet hi, 1 foot hi, 5 ft hi - smooth, rough, bumpy

now, how can I loop thru this array and pring all the combinations:
like bal(0,0) + bal(1,0) + ball(2,0) + ball(3,0)+ball( 4,0)= red+2inches+3
lbs+3 feet hi+smooth
ball(0,0)+ball (1,0)+ball(2,0) +ball(3,0)+ball (4,1) = red+2inches+3lb s+3feethig+rough

etc

thanks in advance

[Tom van Stiphout]

On Thu, 20 May 2004 15:11:46 GMT, "Danny" <da********@hot mail.com>
wrote:

Now I'm confused. It appears you want all permutations, but that
wouldn't make sense if the data is stored in a 2-dimensional array.

-Tom.

This just prints each feature out, I need to print out all possbile
combinations .
like:
red+2inches+3l bs+3 feet hi+smooth
not just
red
2inches
3 lbs
3 feet hi
smooth

This is tricky
"Tom van Stiphout" <to*****@no.spa m.cox.net> wrote in message
news:ks******* *************** **********@4ax. com...

On Thu, 20 May 2004 11:01:06 GMT, "Danny" <da********@hot mail.com>
wrote:
Try something like:
dim x as integer
dim y as integer
for x=0 to ubound(ball(1))
for y = 0 to ubound(ball(2))
debug.print "ball(" & x & "," & y & ")=" & ball(x,y)
next y
next x

-Tom.

>Hi there
>
>I need help with a tricky problem.
>I have a 2 dimensional array with qualities such as
>ball size, ball color, ball weight.
>
>Now I have to print out all the possible combinations of this.
>
>assume I have it stored as such
>i have two dimensional array ball:
>ball (x,y)
>x = the number of possible things a ball can be, like color, size,weight, >bounce height, smootheness for example.
>y = is that feature like red,green, blue - 3 inches, 2 inches - 3 lbs, 1
>lbs - 3 feet hi, 1 foot hi, 5 ft hi - smooth, rough, bumpy
>
>now, how can I loop thru this array and pring all the combinations:
>like bal(0,0) + bal(1,0) + ball(2,0) + ball(3,0)+ball( 4,0)= red+2inches+3
>lbs+3 feet hi+smooth
>ball(0,0)+ball (1,0)+ball(2,0) +ball(3,0)+ball (4,1) =red+2inches+3l bs+3feet >hig+rough
>
>etc
>
>thanks in advance
>