Exactly what I was thinking. (:
sub tuples {
my( $count, @set )= @_;
my @out;
nestedLoops(
[ ([0..$#set]) x $count ],
{ Code => sub { push @out, [@set[@_]] } }
);
return \@out;
}
my $tuples= tuples( 2, qw(A B C) );
for my $tuple ( @$tuples ) {
print "@$tuple\n";
}
or, if you want to take advantage of iterators:
sub tupleMaker {
my( $count, @set )= @_;
my $iter= nestedLoops( [ ([0..$#set]) x $count ] );
return sub { @set[ $iter->() ] };
}
my $gen= tupleMaker( 2, qw(A B C) );
while( my @tuple= $gen->() ) {
print "@tuple\n";
}
which means you can deal with tons of tuples without needing tons of RAM.
-
tye