Matrix of possible combinations

William_jones · Jun 30, 2021 · 1.9K views
Question
I have a vector A of 30 elements. Each of those elements could be one of three values (1, 2 or 3). There are therefore there are 30^3=27000 possible vectors A. How could I create a matrix [30 x 27000] where each colum in that matrix is a unique A?
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Answered Aug 25, 2026
If you don't have the Deep Learning toolbox,
 
 
 
  [c{1:30}]=ndgrid(1:3);
 allAs=cat(31,c{:});
 allAs=reshape(allAs, [],30).';

Otherwise, you can use combvec,

 c(1:30)={1:3};
 allAs=combvec(c{:});
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