If you want to generate all possible combinations, you
could use this algorithm:
$categories = 5;
$columns = 3;
$a = join('#', 0..$categories);
@columns = ();
&check_columns ($a, @columns);
sub check_columns {
my $cat = shift;
my @columns = @_;
my $size = split('#', $cat)-1;
foreach (1.. $size ) {
my ($first, $second) = $cat =~ /^((?:.*?#){$_})(.*?)$/;
$first =~ s/#$//;
my @result = ($first, $second, @columns);
if ($#result == $columns) {
print join(" ", @result), "\n",
}
else {
check_columns(@result);
}
}
}
It generates this list of indexes, from
which you can choose the best
line:
0 1 2 3#4#5
0 1 2#3 4#5
0 1#2 3 4#5
0#1 2 3 4#5
0 1 2#3#4 5
0 1#2 3#4 5
0#1 2 3#4 5
0 1#2#3 4 5
0#1 2#3 4 5
0#1#2 3 4 5
I used an array of strings instead of an array of
arrays because it is easier to debug.
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