Vb.net all combinations

Question

I have 6 items which have to be combinated,

items listed: ( this is an example)

• Ape
• Cow
• Deer | Small deer | Big deer

Answer 1

You will need a variant of my solution, that I presented in HERE in this solution for a similar problem. maybe it suffices to get you along?

Perhaps you're not allowed to see the answer, so I copy it here. Someone wanted all combinations of 1 and 2 in series with length 3

   Dim HighestValue As Integer = 2 ' max value
    Dim NrOfValues As Integer = 3 ' nr of values in one result
    Dim Values(NrOfValues) As Integer
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 0 To NrOfValues - 1
        Values(i) = 1
    Next
    Values(NrOfValues - 1) = 0 ' to generate first as ALL 1
    For i = 1 To HighestValue ^ NrOfValues
        Values(NrOfValues - 1) += 1
        For j As Integer = NrOfValues - 1 To 0 Step -1
            If Values(j) > HighestValue Then
                Values(j) = 1
                Values(j - 1) += 1
            End If
        Next
        Dim Result As String = ""
        For j As Integer = 0 To NrOfValues - 1
            Result = Result & CStr(Values(j))
        Next
        Debug.WriteLine(Result)
    Next

You will need to put arrayvalues indexed by 1, 2, etc instead of the numbers itself, and invent a similar operation for each sublist.