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All permutations and combinations

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    Smile All permutations and combinations

    I have 3 set of values

    Set 1 contains (A, B, C, D, E)

    Set 2 contians (1, 2, 3, 4)

    Set 3 contains (W, X, Y, Z)

    I want to create all possible combinations by taking 1 element each from each set, is there any way Excel can create these combinations automatically e.g.

    A, 1, W
    A, 1, X
    A, 1, Y....and so on

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    Re: All permutations and combinations

    By all combinations do you also mean that values such as "3XA" or "ZC3" would also have to be generated or is it just the A value going down through the other groups to make all combinations in Top / Down way?

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    Re: All permutations and combinations

    See attached. Drag the formulas down to see the rest.
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    Re: All permutations and combinations

    Combinations.xls

    This is a solution from an earlier thread... But I hope you can use it...

    (solution is for 6 columns because number of combinations become too big after that but you can extend it as many as you want)
    Last edited by zbor; 04-24-2009 at 04:19 PM.

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