freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/08-coding-interview-prep/rosetta-code/combinations.english.md

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title: Combinations
id: 5958469238c0d8d2632f46db
challengeType: 5
---
## Description
<section id='description'>
Task:
<p>Given non-negative integers <big> m </big> and <big> n</big>, generate all size <big> m </big> <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Combination.html" title="link: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Combination.html">combinations</a> of the integers from <big> 0</big> (zero) to <big> n-1 </big> in sorted order (each combination is sorted and the entire table is sorted).</p>
Example:
<p><big>3</big> comb <big> 5 </big>is:</p>
<pre>
0 1 2
0 1 3
0 1 4
0 2 3
0 2 4
0 3 4
1 2 3
1 2 4
1 3 4
2 3 4
</pre>
</section>
## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
</section>
## Tests
<section id='tests'>
```yml
tests:
- text: <code>combinations</code> is a function.
testString: assert(typeof combinations === 'function', '<code>combinations</code> is a function.');
- text: <code>combinations(3, 5)</code> should return <code>[[0, 1, 2], [0, 1, 3], [0, 1, 4], [0, 2, 3], [0, 2, 4], [0, 3, 4], [1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 4], [1, 3, 4], [2, 3, 4]]</code>.
testString: assert.deepEqual(combinations(testInput1[0], testInput1[1]), testOutput1, '<code>combinations(3, 5)</code> should return <code>[[0, 1, 2], [0, 1, 3], [0, 1, 4], [0, 2, 3], [0, 2, 4], [0, 3, 4], [1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 4], [1, 3, 4], [2, 3, 4]]</code>.');
- text: <code>combinations(4, 6)</code> should return <code>[[0,1,2,3], [0,1,2,4], [0,1,2,5], [0,1,3,4], [0,1,3,5], [0,1,4,5], [0,2,3,4], [0,2,3,5], [0,2,4,5], [0,3,4,5], [1,2,3,4], [1,2,3,5], [1,2,4,5], [1,3,4,5], [2,3,4,5]]</code>
testString: assert.deepEqual(combinations(testInput2[0], testInput2[1]), testOutput2, '<code>combinations(4, 6)</code> should return <code>[[0,1,2,3], [0,1,2,4], [0,1,2,5], [0,1,3,4], [0,1,3,5], [0,1,4,5], [0,2,3,4], [0,2,3,5], [0,2,4,5], [0,3,4,5], [1,2,3,4], [1,2,3,5], [1,2,4,5], [1,3,4,5], [2,3,4,5]]</code>');
```
</section>
## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>
<div id='js-seed'>
```js
function combinations (m, n) {
// Good luck!
return true;
}
```
</div>
### After Test
<div id='js-teardown'>
```js
const testInput1 = [3, 5];
const testOutput1 = [[0, 1, 2], [0, 1, 3], [0, 1, 4], [0, 2, 3], [0, 2, 4], [0, 3, 4], [1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 4], [1, 3, 4], [2, 3, 4]];
const testInput2 = [4, 6];
const testOutput2 = [[0, 1, 2, 3], [0, 1, 2, 4], [0, 1, 2, 5], [0, 1, 3, 4], [0, 1, 3, 5], [0, 1, 4, 5], [0, 2, 3, 4], [0, 2, 3, 5], [0, 2, 4, 5], [0, 3, 4, 5], [1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 2, 3, 5], [1, 2, 4, 5], [1, 3, 4, 5], [2, 3, 4, 5]];
```
</div>
</section>
## Solution
<section id='solution'>
```js
function combinations (m, n) {
const nArr = [...Array(n).keys()];
return (function generateCombinations (size, numArr) {
const ret = [];
for (let i = 0; i < numArr.length; i++) {
if (size === 1) {
ret.push([numArr[i]]);
}
else {
const sub = generateCombinations(size - 1, numArr.slice(i + 1, numArr.length));
for (let subI = 0; subI < sub.length; subI++) {
const next = sub[subI];
next.unshift(numArr[i]);
ret.push(next);
}
}
}
return ret;
}(m, nArr));
}
```
</section>