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Function to get all possible combinations

Function to get all possible combinations of list items. There are some Euler problems (like 77 & 78) to get total amounts. But e.g. for some card game implementations you will need the real items.

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let toDistinct mylist = (List.toSeq >> Seq.distinct >> Seq.toList) mylist;;

/// get combinations of sums
let rec recursivecombinations aggregate mylist = 
    match mylist with
    |[] -> []
    |h::t ->
        let tailpart = (toDistinct << recursivecombinations aggregate) t
        let headpart = t |> aggregate h
        let sums = headpart @ tailpart
        
        let recsums = match sums with
                        |[] -> []
                        |[x] -> [x]
                        | _ -> tailpart |> aggregate h
        sums @ recsums 

let combinations aggregate mylist = mylist @ recursivecombinations aggregate mylist |> toDistinct

//custom aggregate function, just sum here:
let inline sumfunction head = List.map (fun f ->head+f) 

//test:
//> combinations sumfunction ["a";"b";"c"];; 
//val it : string list = ["a"; "b"; "c"; "ab"; "ac"; "bc"; "abc"]

//> combinations sumfunction [1;2;3];; 
//val it : int list = [1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6]

val toDistinct : mylist:'a list -> 'a list (requires equality)

Full name: Script.toDistinct

val mylist : 'a list (requires equality)

Multiple items
module List

from Microsoft.FSharp.Collections

--------------------
type List<'T> =
  | ( [] )
  | ( :: ) of Head: 'T * Tail: 'T list
  interface IEnumerable
  interface IEnumerable<'T>
  member Head : 'T
  member IsEmpty : bool
  member Item : index:int -> 'T with get
  member Length : int
  member Tail : 'T list
  static member Cons : head:'T * tail:'T list -> 'T list
  static member Empty : 'T list

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.List<_>

val toSeq : list:'T list -> seq<'T>

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.List.toSeq

module Seq

from Microsoft.FSharp.Collections

val distinct : source:seq<'T> -> seq<'T> (requires equality)

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.Seq.distinct

val toList : source:seq<'T> -> 'T list

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.Seq.toList

val recursivecombinations : aggregate:('a -> 'a list -> 'a list) -> mylist:'a list -> 'a list (requires equality)

Full name: Script.recursivecombinations

get combinations of sums

val aggregate : ('a -> 'a list -> 'a list) (requires equality)

val h : 'a (requires equality)

val t : 'a list (requires equality)

val tailpart : 'a list (requires equality)

val headpart : 'a list (requires equality)

val sums : 'a list (requires equality)

val recsums : 'a list (requires equality)

val x : 'a (requires equality)

val combinations : aggregate:('a -> 'a list -> 'a list) -> mylist:'a list -> 'a list (requires equality)

Full name: Script.combinations

val sumfunction : head:'a -> ('b list -> 'c list) (requires member ( + ))

Full name: Script.sumfunction

val head : 'a (requires member ( + ))

val map : mapping:('T -> 'U) -> list:'T list -> 'U list

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.List.map

val f : 'b (requires member ( + ))

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Link:	http://fssnip.net/1Q
Posted:	7 years ago
Author:	Tuomas Hietanen
Tags:	combination , list , math