How to get the combinations of elements of two arrays?

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Hi! I need to generate the combinations of elements of two arrays with different lengths. For example, if
A = [1,2,3]; B = [4,5];
I wish to get all combinations of elements from two arrays as
C = [1 4;1 5;2 4;2 5;3 4;3 5];
What comes to my mind is
[m,n] = meshgrid(A,B');
[C(:,1),C(:,2)] = deal(reshape(m,[],1),reshape(n,[],1));
Is there any more straight way to accomplish this?
And further, if I have three or more arrays to combine, what should I do?

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Stephen23
Stephen23 2018-12-3
编辑:Stephen23 2023-10-27
A = [1,2,3];
B = [4,5];
[n,m] = ndgrid(B,A);
out = [m(:),n(:)]
out = 6×2
1 4 1 5 2 4 2 5 3 4 3 5
"And further, if I have three or more arrays to combine, what should I do?"
Put them all in a cell array and use two comma-separated lists:
C = {A,B};
[C{end:-1:1}] = ndgrid(C{end:-1:1});
EDIT: using CAT & RESHAPE is probably the most efficient approach:
n = numel(C);
E = reshape(cat(n,C{:}),[],n)
E = 6×2
1 4 1 5 2 4 2 5 3 4 3 5
This approach is from Dyuman Joshi's comment here:
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Stephen23
Stephen23 2023-10-26
@Dyuman Joshi: thank you, that is a very good approach! I copied it into my answer so that it does not get lost in the comments.
Dyuman Joshi
Dyuman Joshi 2023-10-26
You are welcome!
Note that the usage of the indices in reverse order is to obtain the output in lexicographical manner (in the order of the values provided in the inputs).

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Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller 2018-12-3
You might like allcomb on File Exchange:
For example:
>> A = [1,2,3]; B = [4,5];
>> C=allcomb(A,B)
C =
1 4
1 5
2 4
2 5
3 4
3 5
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Hemming
Hemming 2018-12-11
编辑:Hemming 2018-12-11
Nice choice! And this code performs faster than the above one (MATLAB R2016a) although both adopt the similar method. Thanks a lot!

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Mike Croucher
Mike Croucher 2023-4-4
编辑:Mike Croucher 2023-4-4
>> A = [1,2,3];B=[4,5];
>> C = combinations(A,B)
C =
6×2 table
A B
_ _
1 4
1 5
2 4
2 5
3 4
3 5
The result is a table. When all data types are compatible (as is the case here) you can get the matrix like this
>> C.Variables
ans =
1 4
1 5
2 4
2 5
3 4
3 5

ROHIT KHATRI
ROHIT KHATRI 2023-10-26
In MATLAB R2017b allcomb and combinations codes not working. So please tell me what can i do?

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