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  3. September 2004

RE: finding differences in a list of amounts

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Mark Allen
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 2:44 PM
>
> Need a supercomputer!!  Even if you had a limited set of 100 records and
> limit how many records can make up a total there would be 75,287,520
> combinations to try!!!!

You mean our model 810?  Hey, I can let this baby burn all weekend if I have
to! <g>

Obviously, there has to be some sort of smart algorithm to avoid every
single combination.

Where did you come up with 75,287,520?  Are you using n! (factorial)?
That's the possible number if you assume that there won't be more than four
individual amounts involved in the total difference.

db

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