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result = mg_choose(m, n)

Calculate a mathematical combination.

Return value

long64

Parameters

m in required type=integer: number of items
n in required type=integer: size of combination

Examples

For example, the number of ways to choose 3 items from 5 items is:

  IDL> print, mg_choose(5, 3)
                      10

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