fwd.combn {forward}

Generate all combinations of elements of x taken m at a time

Description

Generate all combinations of the elements of x taken m at a time. If x is a positive integer, returns all combinations of the elements of seq(x) taken m at a time. If argument fun is not null, applies a function given by the argument to each point. If simplify is FALSE, returns a list; else returns a vector or an array. Optional arguments ... are passed unchanged to the function given by argument fun, if any.

Usage

fwd.combn(x, m, fun = NULL, simplify = TRUE, ...)
fwd.nCm(n, m, tol = 1e-08)

Arguments

x

a vector or a single value.

n

a positive integer.

m

a positive integer.

fun

a function to be applied to each combination.

simplify

logical, if TRUE returns a vector or an array, otherwise a list.

tol

optional, tolerance value.

...

optional arguments passed to fun.

Value

Returns a vector or an array if simplify = TRUE, otherwise a list.

Note

Renamed by Kjell Konis for inclusion in the Forward Library 11/2002

Author(s)

Scott Chasalow

References

Nijenhuis, A. and Wilf, H.S. (1978) Combinatorial Computers and Calculators. NY: Academic Press.

Examples

fwd.combn(letters[1:4], 2)
fwd.combn(10, 5, min)      # minimum value in each combination
# Different way of encoding points:
fwd.combn(c(1,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,4), 3, tabulate, nbins = 4)
# Compute support points and (scaled) probabilities for a
# Multivariate-Hypergeometric(n = 3, N = c(4,3,2,1)) p.f.:
table(t(fwd.combn(c(1,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,4), 3, tabulate, nbins=4)))