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Re: combinations problem

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  • From: Ray Koopman <koopman at sfu.ca>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:18:35 -0400 (EDT)
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Timing@Length@Select[Subsets[Range[49],{6}],Total[#]==152&]

{211.15, 165490}

Timing@Length@Select[IntegerPartitions[152,{6},Range@49],Unequal@@#&]

{1.86, 165490}

On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 @ 09:58 PM, eros olmi <erosolmiz at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> i want to select 6 combinations from numbers 1 to 49 with condition that its sum equal 152, the following code works but its timing is 157 seconds on windows xp mathematica v 8. can we make this timing shorter ?
> Select[Subsets[Range[49],{6}],Total[#]==152&]



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