Hi Monks,

I need to generate combinations of values and populate it in a hash of hashes. Say Eg:

f1 = (1,2) f2 = (3,4,5) f3 = (6,7)

I get 12 unique combinations out of these(2*3*2). Like:

f1 f2 f3

1 3 6

1 3 7

1 4 6

1 4 7

.

.

2 3 6

.

.

2 5 7

All these combinations should be stored as values under each field key(f1 or f2 or f3). But the problem is in generation of combinations as THE NO. OF FIELDS IS VARIABLE!! All fields and their values are stored in array. I need to construct a table of the above combinations. Plz help

for(1 to n of f1)

{

for(1 to n of f2)

{

for(1 to n of f3)

{

store f11 f21 f31 to f3last element

}

}

}

this can be used provided we know the actual field count. But what can be done for occurance of random number of fields with their respective values??

In reply to Populating Hash of hashes by zeni

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