NCHOOSEK

Purpose:

Computes the binomial coefficient or returns all the unordered combinations of the elements of the input series.

Syntax:

NCHOOSEK(n, k)

n	-	A scalar or series. For a scalar, the binomial coefficient is returned. For a series and positive integer k, all the unordered combinations of the series elements of n are returned.
k	-	A scalar or series. If n is a series, and k a positive integer where 0 <= k <= length(n), all the unordered combinations of the series elements of n are returned.

Returns:

A scalar or series, the number of combinations of n items taken in unordered groups of k, or if n is a series and k a positive integer, the actual unordered combinations of the series elements where each row represents a group of k elements.

Example:

nchoosek(5, 3)

returns 10.

Example:

c = nchoosek(1..5, 3)

c == {{1, 2, 3},

{1, 2, 4},

{1, 2, 5},

{1, 3, 4},

{1, 3, 5},

{1, 4, 5},

{2, 3, 4},

{2, 3, 5},

{2, 4, 5},

{3, 4, 5}}

Example:

nchoosek(5.3, 3)

returns 12.5345.

Example:

c = nchoosek(3..5, 1..3)

c == {3, 6, 10} == {nchoosek(3, 1), nchoosek(4, 2), nchoosek(5, 3)}

Remarks:

To return the actual combinations, n must be a series and k must be an integer where 0 <= k <= length(n).

For scalar inputs, n and k can be any value.

For integer values where 0 <= k <= n:

See BINCOEFF to return the generalized binomial coefficient for any scalar or series inputs.

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