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Revision as of 07:21, 13 September 2008
COMBINA
Returns the number of combinations of a subset of items.
Syntax:
COMBINA(n; k)
- n is the number of items in the set.
- k is the number of items to choose from the set.
- COMBINA returns the number of unique ways to choose these items, where the order of choosing is irrelevant, and repetition of items is allowed. For example if there are 3 items A, B and C in a set, you can choose 2 items in 6 different ways, namely AA, AB, AC, BB, BC and CC; you can choose 3 items in 10 different ways, namely AAA, AAB, AAC, ABB, ABC, ACC, BBB, BBC, BCC, CCC.
- COMBINA implements the formula:
- (n+k-1)!/(k!(n-1)!)
Example:
COMBINA(3,2)
- returns 6.
COMBINA(3,3)
- returns 10.
See also:
Functions listed alphabetically, Functions listed by category
