'use strict'; var isInteger = require('../../utils/number').isInteger; function factory (type, config, load, typed) { /** * Compute the number of ways of picking `k` unordered outcomes from `n` * possibilities. * * Combinations only takes integer arguments. * The following condition must be enforced: k <= n. * * Syntax: * * math.combinations(n, k) * * Examples: * * math.combinations(7, 5); // returns 21 * * See also: * * permutations, factorial * * @param {number | BigNumber} n Total number of objects in the set * @param {number | BigNumber} k Number of objects in the subset * @return {number | BigNumber} Number of possible combinations. */ var combinations = typed('combinations', { 'number, number': function (n, k) { var max, result, i; if (!isInteger(n) || n < 0) { throw new TypeError('Positive integer value expected in function combinations'); } if (!isInteger(k) || k < 0) { throw new TypeError('Positive integer value expected in function combinations'); } if (k > n) { throw new TypeError('k must be less than or equal to n'); } max = Math.max(k, n - k); result = 1; for (i = 1; i <= n - max; i++) { result = result * (max + i) / i; } return result; }, 'BigNumber, BigNumber': function (n, k) { var max, result, i, ii; var one = new type.BigNumber(1); if (!isPositiveInteger(n) || !isPositiveInteger(k)) { throw new TypeError('Positive integer value expected in function combinations'); } if (k.gt(n)) { throw new TypeError('k must be less than n in function combinations'); } max = n.minus(k); if (k.lt(max)) max = k; result = one; for (i = one, ii = n.minus(max); i.lte(ii); i = i.plus(1)) { result = result.times(max.plus(i)).dividedBy(i); } return result; } // TODO: implement support for collection in combinations }); combinations.toTex = {2: '\\binom{${args[0]}}{${args[1]}}'}; return combinations; } /** * Test whether BigNumber n is a positive integer * @param {BigNumber} n * @returns {boolean} isPositiveInteger */ function isPositiveInteger(n) { return n.isInteger() && n.gte(0); } exports.name = 'combinations'; exports.factory = factory;