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DRSteele

All Permutations of Three Variables

Excel Version
  1. 365
In order to generate all the permutations for three variables, put the variables in an Excel Table (which is called Inventory here). You can add as many rows to the Table as desired and you can fill in all or just one of the rows for each variable. The exemplar here will spill down 60 rows, the number of permutations for this 4_3_5 = 60 setup.

These formulas rely on Excel's new dynamic calculation engine and powerful array functions (like SEQUENCE).

If you can figure out how to set this up for more than three variables, go ahead and share it with us!

Book1
HIJKLMNOPQ
5Case-Lot-ShelfCaseLotShelf
6CaseLotShelfA - w - 1Aw1
7Aw1A - w - 2Aw2
8Bx2A - w - 3Aw3
9Cy3A - w - 4Aw4
10D4A - w - 5Aw5
115A - x - 1Ax1
12A - x - 2Ax2
13435A - x - 3Ax3
1460A - x - 4Ax4
15A - x - 5Ax5
all permut
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
O5O5=Inventory[[#Headers],[Case]]
P5P5=Inventory[[#Headers],[Lot]]
Q5Q5=Inventory[[#Headers],[Shelf]]
O6O6=INDEX(Inventory[Case],INT((SEQUENCE(J14)-1)/((COUNTA(Inventory[Lot])*(COUNTA(Inventory[Shelf])))))+1)
P6P6=INDEX(Inventory[Lot],MOD(INT((SEQUENCE(J14)-1)/COUNTA(Inventory[Shelf])),COUNTA(Inventory[Lot]))+1)
Q6Q6=INDEX(Inventory[Shelf],MOD((SEQUENCE(J14)-1),COUNTA(Inventory[Shelf]))+1)
M5M5=O5&"-"&P5&"-"&Q5
M6M6=INDEX(Inventory[Case],INT((SEQUENCE(J14)-1)/((COUNTA(Inventory[Lot])*(COUNTA(Inventory[Shelf])))))+1)&" - "&INDEX(Inventory[Lot],MOD(INT((SEQUENCE(J14)-1)/COUNTA(Inventory[Shelf])),COUNTA(Inventory[Lot]))+1)&" - "&INDEX(Inventory[Shelf],MOD((SEQUENCE(J14)-1),COUNTA(Inventory[Shelf]))+1)
H13H13=SUBTOTAL(103,[Case])
I13I13=SUBTOTAL(103,[Lot])
J13J13=SUBTOTAL(103,[Shelf])
J14J14=Inventory[[#Totals],[Case]]*Inventory[[#Totals],[Lot]]*Inventory[[#Totals],[Shelf]]
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