Exclusive combination for 3 rows

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Hello,

Looking for a formula to generate all possible UNIQUE combination of the contents of 3 rows. I want to avoid results with the same content in different positions (such as aac, caa, aca should be appear only once, regardless of which)

Row1 Row2 Row3
a a a
b b b
c c c


anyone?
 

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Given your 3 row example -- what output would you expect (please provide) from the formula?
 
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is that what you want?

[Table="width:, class:head"]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]result[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]a a a[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]a a b[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]a a c[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]a b a[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]a b b[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]a b c[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]a c a[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]a c b[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]a c c[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]b a a[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]b a b[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]b a c[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]b b a[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]b b b[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]b b c[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]b c a[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]b c b[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]b c c[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]c a a[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]c a b[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]c a c[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]c b a[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]c b b[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]c b c[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]c c a[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]c c b[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]c c c[/td][/tr]
[/table]
 
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This is pretty much it, which I achieved with iferror.. what I need now is that the results supress combinations that are the same, but in different positions. Tha t to say that for the results below for instance, aac, aca, caa should appear only once (regardless of each one it is).
Imagine rolling 3 dices, if I get 1 2 1 or 2 1 1 or 1 1 2 in practical terms it´s the same result. this is where I need to get to ...

sandy666 said:
is that what you want?

[TABLE="class: head"]
<tbody>[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #70AD47"]result[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]a a a[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD]a a b[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]a a c[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD]a b a[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]a b b[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD]a b c[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]a c a[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD]a c b[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]a c c[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD]b a a[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]b a b[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD]b a c[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]b b a[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD]b b b[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]b b c[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD]b c a[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]b c b[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD]b c c[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]c a a[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD]c a b[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]c a c[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD]c b a[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]c b b[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD]c b c[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]c c a[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD]c c b[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]c c c[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Click to expand...
 
Upvote 0
faster will be manually:

[Table="width:, class:head"]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]abc[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]aaa[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]bbb[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]ccc[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]abb[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]acc[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]baa[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]bcc[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]caa[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]cbb[/td][/tr]
[/table]
 
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if there is no problem with PowerQuery here is an example excel file

[Table="width:, class:head"]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]Column1[/td][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]Column1[/td][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]Column1[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]Sorted[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]a[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]a[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]a[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]a, a, a[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]b[/td][td]b[/td][td]b[/td][td][/td][td]a, a, b[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]c[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]c[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]c[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]a, a, c[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]a, b, b[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]a, b, c[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]a, c, c[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]b, b, b[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]b, b, c[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]b, c, c[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]c, c, c[/td][/tr]
[/table]
 
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Great aproach, thank you!

sandy666 said:
if there is no problem with PowerQuery here is an example excel file

[TABLE="class: head"]
<tbody>[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD="bgcolor: #5B9BD5"][COLOR=[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] ]Column1[/COLOR]
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #5B9BD5"][COLOR=[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] ]Column1[/COLOR]
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #5B9BD5"][COLOR=[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] ]Column1[/COLOR]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #70AD47"][COLOR=[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] ]Sorted[/COLOR]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD="bgcolor: #DDEBF7"]a
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DDEBF7"]a
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DDEBF7"]a
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]a, a, a
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD]b
[/TD]
[TD]b
[/TD]
[TD]b
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]a, a, b
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD="bgcolor: #DDEBF7"]c
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DDEBF7"]c
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DDEBF7"]c
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]a, a, c
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]a, b, b
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]a, b, c
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]a, c, c
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]b, b, b
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]b, b, c
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #E2EFDA"]b, c, c
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]c, c, c
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Click to expand...
 
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