First of all, I have no experience with mathematics, so my terminology may be wrong, but let me illustrate my question:
Let's say that I have 4 different sets of elements:
[apples, oranges, lemons]
[a, b, c, d, e]
[black, white, red, blue]
[1, 2]
I want to find how many different combinations of the items there are. Notice:
- The combinations will always have 1 item from every list
- The 1st item in every combination will be chosen from the 1st list, the 2nd from the 2nd etc.
So, basically the first 5 combinations would be:
- apples - a - black - 1
- apples - a - black - 2
- apples - a - white - 1
- apples - a - white - 2
- apples - a - red - 1
etc etc
Sorry for not putting it in mathematical terms but I hope you understand what I'm trying to ask.