Source code for comb.pro:
function comb,n,r
;$Id: comb.pro, v2$
;
; Copyright © 2005 Richard Massey and Alexandre Refregier.
;
; This file is a part of the Shapelets analysis code.
; www.astro.caltech.edu/~rjm/shapelets/
;
; The Shapelets code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
; modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence as published
; by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the Licence, or
; (at your option) any later version.
;
; The Shapelets code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
; GNU General Public Licence for more details.
;
; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public Licence
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; Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
;
;+
; NAME:
; COMB
;
; PURPOSE:
; Calculates binomial coefficients C(n,r) = (n)
; (r)
;
; CATEGORY:
; Mathematics.
;
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
; Result = comb(n,r)
;
; INPUTS:
; n: A non-negative scalar or array of values.
; r: A non-negative scalar or array of values.
;
; KEYWORD PARAMETERS:
; None.
;
; OUTPUTS:
; comb: Floating point scalar or array.
;
; EXAMPLE:
; Calculate number of ways of choosing 2 elements from an (unordered)
; set of 5.
; result=comb(5,2)
;
; There are 10 distinct ways of choosing these elements.
;
; NOTES:
; Will return a floating point number even if integers would do.
; This is beause of factorial.pro.
;
; PROCEDURES USED:
; factorial - calculate x!
;
; MODIFICATION HISTORY:
; Apr 2005 - Generalised to accept arrays of coefficients by RM
; Jul 2003 - Header added by RM
; Feb 2002 - Written by Richard Massey
;-
COMPILE_OPT HIDDEN, idl2
if (min(n)
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