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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2009-04-10 04:25:45 (GMT)
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Clarify the table entries for combinatorics.
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@@ -66,14 +66,19 @@ operator can be mapped across two vectors to form an efficient dot-product:
**Combinatoric generators:**
- ===================================== ==================== =================================================
- Iterator Arguments Results
- ===================================== ==================== =================================================
- :func:`product` p, q, ... [repeat=1] cartesian product
- :func:`permutations` p[, r] r-length permutations (without repeated elements)
- :func:`combinations` p[, r] r-length combinations (sorted and no repeats)
- :func:`combinations_with_replacement` p[, r] r-length combinations (sorted but with repeats)
- ===================================== ==================== =================================================
+ ============================================== ==================== =============================================================
+ Iterator Arguments Results
+ ============================================== ==================== =============================================================
+ :func:`product` p, q, ... [repeat=1] cartesian product, equivalent to a nested for-loop
+ :func:`permutations` p[, r] r-length tuples, all possible orderings, no repeated elements
+ :func:`combinations` p[, r] r-length tuples, in sorted order, no repeated elements
+ :func:`combinations_with_replacement` p[, r] r-length tuples, in sorted order, with repeated elements
+ |
+ ``product('ABCD', repeat=2)`` ``AA AB AC AD BA BB BC BD CA CB CC CD DA DB DC DD``
+ ``permutations('ABCD', 2)`` ``AB AC AD BA BC BD CA CB CD DA DB DC``
+ ``combinations('ABCD', 2)`` ``AB AC AD BC BD CD``
+ ``combinations_with_replacement('ABCD', 2)`` ``AA AB AC AD BB BC BD CC CD DD``
+ ============================================== ==================== =============================================================
.. _itertools-functions: