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Bination Permutation (Myrna Larson)

The document contains a code that will generate combinations or permutations of items in a list. The user enters either a C or P in the first cell to indicate combinations or permutations. The number of items in each subset is entered in the second cell. The list of items is entered in subsequent cells. Running the code will output all possible combinations or permutations to a new sheet based on the parameters provided. The code uses a recursive algorithm to efficiently generate the subsets.

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Bination Permutation (Myrna Larson)

The document contains a code that will generate combinations or permutations of items in a list. The user enters either a C or P in the first cell to indicate combinations or permutations. The number of items in each subset is entered in the second cell. The list of items is entered in subsequent cells. Running the code will output all possible combinations or permutations to a new sheet based on the parameters provided. The code uses a recursive algorithm to efficiently generate the subsets.

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From: "Tom Ogilvy" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Combination/Permutation Generation Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 11:34:29 -0400 Newsgroups: microsoft.public.excel.programming

This code by Myrna Larson will do it (read the dire ListPermutations 4. Select A1, then click the button above to run the sub ListPermutations 5. The results will be written to a new sheet (just to the left of this sheet) Option Explicit

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