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    Combining Items in a list

    Okay, so I have a list of about sixty items (we'll say they are flavors of ice cream). Each one is just a single flavor (apple, cherry, cinamon, etc.) Is there a way for me to take this list and have excel create (not calculate) the maximum number of combinations of those individual items, assuming that I don't want more than three flavors total? With the three flavors I mentioned, the output would be something like:

    apple
    apple cherry
    apple cinamon
    apple cherry cinamon
    cherry
    cherry cinamon
    cinamon

    Notice there are no duplicates, but it provides all possible variations with up to three flavors.

    How would I do this? Thanks in advance for your input.

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    Not sure I've got this correct, but if you put your 60 flavours in column A, then drag the formulas down, you should get 2 flavour and 3 flavour combinations using the three main flavours - apple, cheery & cinamon
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