G Money wrote: > To find the number of combinations of quantity quantity R, in N number of > items: > > N! / R!(N-R)! > > Keep in mind that in a combination, order does not matter. Make sure that is > what you want, instead of a permutation, where order is considered.
Yes, combination is exactly what I want where order does not matter. 1,2,3 = 3,2,1 in this case. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258591 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
