Simple Arrange //JavaScript Function
[UPDATED CODE AND HELP CAN BE FOUND HERE]
example
1 2 var a = ["A", "B", "C", "D"], q = 3, j = simpleArrange(a, q); 3 document.write( 4 "<h2>", a.join(" - "), " : ", q, " = ", j.length, "</h2>", 5 j.join("<br />") 6 );
code
1 2 //+ Jonas Raoni Soares Silva 3 //@ http://jsfromhell.com/array/simple-arrange [v1.0] 4 5 simpleArrange = function(a, n, m){ //v1.0 6 var o = a; 7 if(n >= o.length) return []; 8 for(var j, l, k, p, f, r, q = k = 1, i = (l = o.length) + 1, j = l - n; --i; i <= j ? q *= i : k *= i); 9 for(x = [new Array(n), new Array(n), new Array(n), new Array(n)], j = q = k * q / q, k = l + 1, i = -1; 10 ++i < n; x[2][i] = i, x[1][i] = x[0][i] = j /= --k); 11 for(r = new Array(q), p = -1; ++p < q;) 12 for(r[p] = new Array(n), i = -1; ++i < n; !--x[1][i] && (x[1][i] = x[0][i], 13 x[2][i] = (x[2][i] + 1) % l), r[p][i] = m ? x[3][i] : o[x[3][i]]) 14 for(x[3][i] = x[2][i], f = 0; !f; f = !f) 15 for(j = i; j;) 16 if(x[3][--j] == x[2][i]){ 17 x[3][i] = x[2][i] = (x[2][i] + ++f) % l; 18 break; 19 } 20 return r; 21 };