From: Aldric Giacomoni <aldric@...>
Date: 2009-12-18T01:51:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Unique combination of values from arrays

Milo Thurston wrote:
> Here's a problem for which I can't see an obvious solution, and hope
> someone might have some suggestions.
> 
> I have several arrays, each with a variety of text values in them. I
> need to construct some strings consisting of each unique combination of
> the arrays in order. Here's a very simple example:
> 
> first_array  = ['one','two']
> second_array = ['three','four']
> 
> required output:
> 
> one,three
> one,four
> two,three
> two,four
> 
> There are more arrays than that and more entries in each array, but
> that's the basic idea. Any advice welcome - thanks!

ar1 = [ 'one', 'two' ]
ar2 = [ 'three', 'four' ]
ar3 = [ 'five', 'six' ]

output:

one,three,five
one,three,six
one,four,five
one,four,six
two,three,five
two,three,six
two,four,five
two,four,six

Is that right?
Are your arrays organized in an array of arrays? Can they be?
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