MVSFORUMS.com

[MFBaba]

I want to perform a Permutation operation on the values entered by a user and provide as an output all the possible combination of the values.

eg. if user inputs A, B and C all possible output combinations would be (3! = 6): ABC,ACB,BCA,BAC,CAB and CBA

The maximum inputs the user can give is upto 10 values.

I want to use an internal array to store all possible combinations. Would it be better to declare a big array that can work for 10 values or use OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause to create an array based on the number of values input by the user? Any suggestions in this regard would be appreciated.

[dbzTHEdinosauer]

1. remember a COBOL Interal table defined as occurs 1000 times and an ODO 1 to 1000 both allocate the same space - 1000 items.

2. depends on how you are going to handle the tables and your algorithm to develop the permutations.
Unless you are

• writing variable length records
• using SEARCH ALL

your code will be basically the same.
_________________
Dick Brenholtz
American living in Varel, Germany

[kolusu]