Date:         Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:02:38 -0400
Reply-To:     "Fehd, Ronald J. (PHPPO)" <RJF2@CDC.GOV>
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From:         "Fehd, Ronald J. (PHPPO)" <RJF2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: arrangements of indistinguishable objects?
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> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> Suppose I have 6 objects, 3 of type A and 3 of type B, and
> would like to arrange them randomly.  I would like to make an
> array of all the possible arrangements. So for example one
> element of the array might be AABBAB.  Can anyone suggest an
> easy way of doing this?  I was thinking of tweaking the code
> http://www.id.unizh.ch/software/unix/statmath/sas/sasdoc/stat/
chap50/sec
t23.htm but being a SAS newbie I wasn't sure how to go about it - any
suggestions would be appreciated.

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Ron Fehd  the macro maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2@cdc.gov