in reply to Re: Algorithm Help
in thread Algorithm Help

Yes, but the issue is that I will pass in a weight range for an object, not a prefix. the total of prefix, all prefix2, plus and suffix is the weight of the object. and that needs to be in the given range



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Re^3: Algorithm Help
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 18, 2010 at 22:09 UTC
    sorry, now reading my reply again made me realize I used 'prefix' to describe 2 different things.
    I meant generate all possible combinations, classify those combinations by weight and, given a weight range, randomly choose from this 'combination pool'
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