Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Generating all combinations of N outcomes for K games.<\/p>\n

In episode 2602, I had to generate all possible combinations of 4 games with 6 possible outcomes in each game. I used my very convoluted “binary count up, but not binary because it is base 6, but not base 6 because I need the digits 1 to 6 instead of 0 to 5” method. This involves a lot of typing and two different formulas. <\/p>\n

Today, a much easier way from Kyle Freistedt. Kyle DOES use Base 6. He does use a SEQUENCE function but starts at 0 instead of 1. And then at the end, he uses +1111 to convert the 0 to 5 to 1 to 6.<\/p>\n

In this video, I show Kyle’s method for the Jeopardy Masters problem and then I generalize the steps for any values of N and K.<\/p>\n

To download this workbook: https:\/\/www.mrexcel.com\/youtube\/wLs8U2RMi7I\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Table of Contents
\n(0:00) Problem Statement
\n(0:24) Bill’s Convoluted Method
\n(0:43) Kyle’s Formula for Combinations using BASE
\n(1:00) Start the SEQUENCE at 0
\n(1:12) BASE function in Excel
\n(1:32) Clever: Add 1111
\n(2:02) One formula
\n(2:13) General steps for any N and K
\n(3:30) Break with MID and SEQUENCE?
\n(4:00) Break with TEXT and TEXTSPLIT?
\n(4:55) Thanks to Kyle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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