How to find the combination of numbers that equal to value n

Luthius

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Hello guys
I found a very usefull code and I would like your assistance on implement it on limitating the quantity of numbers that will give the desired sum.
For instance I would like the combination of numbers limitating to 13 the set of numbers.
So I will have for each set of numbers 13 numbers as example.
I will choose the quantity of sets and also the quantity of number in each set that will give me as sum result my desired value.

Code:
Option Explicit 
Function RealEqual(A, B, Epsilon As Double)
    RealEqual = Abs(A - B) <= Epsilon
End Function
Function ExtendRslt(CurrRslt, NewVal, Separator)
    If CurrRslt = "" Then ExtendRslt = NewVal _
Else ExtendRslt = CurrRslt & Separator & NewVal
End Function
 
Sub recursiveMatch(ByVal MaxSoln As Integer, ByVal TargetVal, InArr(), _
    ByVal CurrIdx As Integer, _
    ByVal CurrTotal, ByVal Epsilon As Double, _
    ByRef Rslt(), ByVal CurrRslt As String, ByVal Separator As String)
    Dim I As Integer
    For I = CurrIdx To UBound(InArr)
        If RealEqual(CurrTotal + InArr(I), TargetVal, Epsilon) Then
            Rslt(UBound(Rslt)) = (CurrTotal + InArr(I)) _
            & Separator & Format(Now(), "hh:mm:ss") _
            & Separator & ExtendRslt(CurrRslt, I, Separator)
            If MaxSoln = 0 Then
                If UBound(Rslt) Mod 100 = 0 Then Debug.Print UBound(Rslt) & "=" & Rslt(UBound(Rslt))
            Else
                If UBound(Rslt) >= MaxSoln Then Exit Sub
            End If
            ReDim Preserve Rslt(UBound(Rslt) + 1)
        ElseIf CurrTotal + InArr(I) > TargetVal + Epsilon Then
        ElseIf CurrIdx < UBound(InArr) Then
            recursiveMatch MaxSoln, TargetVal, InArr(), I + 1, _
            CurrTotal + InArr(I), Epsilon, Rslt(), _
            ExtendRslt(CurrRslt, I, Separator), _
            Separator
            If MaxSoln <> 0 Then If UBound(Rslt) >= MaxSoln Then Exit Sub
        Else
             'we've run out of possible elements and we _
            still don 't have a match
        End If
    Next I
End Sub
 
Function ArrLen(Arr()) As Integer
    On Error Resume Next
    ArrLen = UBound(Arr) - LBound(Arr) + 1
End Function

Source:
HTML:
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/templates/match_values/
 
Searching on the internet I found the code below that I changed. Now everything is working as my needs. Sorting from left to right within the cell.

Thanks again for your help.

Code:
Public Function CellSort(r As Range) As String    Dim bry() As Long, L As Long, U As Long, ch As String
    ch = r(1).Text
    ary = Split(ch, "+")
    L = LBound(ary)
    U = UBound(ary)
    ReDim bry(L To U)
    For i = LBound(ary) To UBound(ary)
        bry(i) = CLng(ary(i))
    Next i


    Call BubbleSort(bry)


    For i = LBound(bry) To UBound(bry)
        ary(i) = CStr(bry(i))
    Next i
    CellSort = Join(ary, "+")
End Function

Sub BubbleSort(arr)
    Dim strTemp As Variant
    Dim i As Long
    Dim j As Long
    Dim lngMin As Long
    Dim lngMax As Long
    lngMin = LBound(arr)
    lngMax = UBound(arr)
    For i = lngMin To lngMax - 1
        For j = i + 1 To lngMax
            If arr(i) > arr(j) Then
                strTemp = arr(i)
                arr(i) = arr(j)
                arr(j) = strTemp
            End If
        Next j
    Next i
End Sub
 
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