VBA - Write all possible combinations of 4 columns of data
Here's a generic approach which should work for any number of columns/values (within reason):
Sub ListCombinations()
Dim col As New Collection
Dim c As Range, sht As Worksheet, res
Dim i As Long, arr, numCols As Long
Set sht = ActiveSheet
'lists begin in A1, B1, C1, D1
For Each c In sht.Range("A1:D1").Cells
'col.Add Application.Transpose(sht.Range(c, c.End(xlDown)))
col.Add Application.Transpose(sht.Range(c, sht.cells(Rows.Count, c.column).End(xlup))) 'safer...
numCols = numCols + 1
Next c
res = Combine(col, "~~")
For i = 0 To UBound(res)
arr = Split(res(i), "~~")
sht.Range("H1").Offset(i, 0).Resize(1, numCols) = arr
Next i
End Sub
'create combinations from a collection of string arrays
Function Combine(col As Collection, SEP As String) As String()
Dim rv() As String
Dim pos() As Long, lengths() As Long, lbs() As Long, ubs() As Long
Dim t As Long, i As Long, n As Long, ub As Long
Dim numIn As Long, s As String, r As Long
numIn = col.Count
ReDim pos(1 To numIn)
ReDim lbs(1 To numIn)
ReDim ubs(1 To numIn)
ReDim lengths(1 To numIn)
t = 0
For i = 1 To numIn 'calculate # of combinations, and cache bounds/lengths
lbs(i) = LBound(col(i))
ubs(i) = UBound(col(i))
lengths(i) = (ubs(i) - lbs(i)) + 1
pos(i) = lbs(i)
t = IIf(t = 0, lengths(i), t * lengths(i))
Next i
ReDim rv(0 To t - 1) 'resize destination array
For n = 0 To (t - 1)
s = ""
For i = 1 To numIn
s = s & IIf(Len(s) > 0, SEP, "") & col(i)(pos(i)) 'build the string
Next i
rv(n) = s
For i = numIn To 1 Step -1
If pos(i) <> ubs(i) Then 'Not done all of this array yet...
pos(i) = pos(i) + 1 'Increment array index
For r = i + 1 To numIn 'Reset all the indexes
pos(r) = lbs(r) ' of the later arrays
Next r
Exit For
End If
Next i
Next n
Combine = rv
End Function
For 5 Columns
Sub combinations()
Dim c1() As Variant
Dim c2() As Variant
Dim c3() As Variant
Dim c4() As Variant
Dim c5() As Variant
Dim out() As Variant
Dim j As Long, k As Long, l As Long, m As Long, n As Long, o As Long
Dim col1 As Range
Dim col2 As Range
Dim col3 As Range
Dim col4 As Range
Dim col5 As Range
Dim out1 As Range
Set col1 = Range("A1", Range("A1").End(xlDown))
Set col2 = Range("B1", Range("B1").End(xlDown))
Set col3 = Range("C1", Range("C1").End(xlDown))
Set col4 = Range("D1", Range("D1").End(xlDown))
Set col5 = Range("E1", Range("E1").End(xlDown))
c1 = col1
c2 = col2
c3 = col3
c4 = col4
c5 = col5
Set out1 = Range("G2", Range("K2").Offset(UBound(c1) * UBound(c2) * UBound(c3) * UBound(c4) * UBound(c5)))
out = out1
j = 1
k = 1
l = 1
m = 1
n = 1
o = 1
Do While j <= UBound(c1)
Do While k <= UBound(c2)
Do While l <= UBound(c3)
Do While m <= UBound(c4)
Do While n <= UBound(c5) ' This now loops correctly
out(o, 1) = c1(j, 1)
out(o, 2) = c2(k, 1)
out(o, 3) = c3(l, 1)
out(o, 4) = c4(m, 1)
out(o, 5) = c5(n, 1)
o = o + 1
n = n + 1
Loop
n = 1
m = m + 1
Loop
m = 1
l = l + 1
Loop
l = 1
k = k + 1
Loop
k = 1
j = j + 1
Loop
out1.Value = out
End Sub
For 4 Columns
Sub combinations()
Dim c1() As Variant
Dim c2() As Variant
Dim c3() As Variant
Dim c4() As Variant
Dim out() As Variant
Dim j As Long, k As Long, l As Long, m As Long, n As Long
Dim col1 As Range
Dim col2 As Range
Dim col3 As Range
Dim col4 As Range
Dim out1 As Range
Set col1 = Range("A1", Range("A1").End(xlDown))
Set col2 = Range("B1", Range("B1").End(xlDown))
Set col3 = Range("C1", Range("C1").End(xlDown))
Set col4 = Range("D1", Range("D1").End(xlDown))
c1 = col1
c2 = col2
c3 = col3
c4 = col4
Set out1 = Range("G2", Range("K2").Offset(UBound(c1) * UBound(c2) * UBound(c3) * UBound(c4)))
out = out1
j = 1
k = 1
l = 1
m = 1
n = 1
Do While j <= UBound(c1)
Do While k <= UBound(c2)
Do While l <= UBound(c3)
Do While m <= UBound(c4)
out(n, 1) = c1(j, 1)
out(n, 2) = c2(k, 1)
out(n, 3) = c3(l, 1)
out(n, 4) = c4(m, 1)
n = n + 1
m = m + 1
Loop
m = 1
l = l + 1
Loop
l = 1
k = k + 1
Loop
k = 1
j = j + 1
Loop
out1.Value = out
End Sub