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| Functions and CALL Routines |
LCOMB Function
Computes the logarithm of the COMB function, which is the logarithm of the number of combinations of n objects taken r at a time.
| Category: | Combinatorial |
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Syntax |
| LCOMB(n,r) |
Arguments
- n
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is a non-negative integer that represents the total number of elements from which the sample is chosen.
- r
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is a non-negative integer that represents the number of chosen elements.
Restriction: r ![[le]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/le.gif)
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The LCOMB function computes the logarithm of the COMB function.
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The following statements produce these results:
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x=lcomb(5000,500);
put x; |
1621.4411361 |
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y=lcomb(100,10);
put y; |
30.482323362 |
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