How to make a general code for a set of pairs between 2 men and 3 women

Hi, all

I just want to know how to make a code for a set of pairs between 2 men and 3 women. I used meshgrid function to generate pairs but I cannot make possible "a set of pairs". can you help me please? Thanks

An example of a set of pairs :

Given, Men = {M1, M2}; Women = {W1, W2, W3}

a set of pairs =

(M1, W1), (M2,W2)

(M1, W1), (M2,W3)

(M1, W2), (M2,W1)

(M1, W2), (M2,W3)

(M1, W3), (M2,W1)

(M1, W3), (M2,W2)

Answer 1

[Andrei Bobrov]

M = {'M1' 'M2'}
W = {'W1' 'W2' 'W3'}
w = perms(1:numel(W));
w = w(:,1:numel(M));
s = size(w);

out = mat2cell(reshape([M(ones(s(1),1)*(1:2));W(w)],s(1),[]),...
                                    ones(s(1),1),s(2)*ones(1,s(2));

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M = 100 + (1:4); % males
W = 50 + (1:3);  % women
[s,ii] = sort(cellfun('length',{M,W}));
jj = perms(1:s(2));
p1 = d{ii(2)}(jj(:,1:s(1)));
p2 = ones(size(p1,1),1)*d{ii(1)};
out = reshape([p2;p1],[],s(1)*2);

[Jong-Hwan Kim]

Thank you for your code. But I cannot see and check 'out' because it is a cell-type matrix. How can I see the out? Thanks.

[Jong-Hwan Kim]

Or can you make the out numbers if numbering Men as 101, 102 and Women as 1,2,3. Number would be better than cell to me. Thanks.

[Jan]

@Jong: Why do you prefer number instead of cells? Why can't you see the contents of cells?

[Jong-Hwan Kim]

Just my preference :) BTW, when I increase number of women or men, your code produce wrong results. Can you check that with 4 Men and 3 Women?

[Andrei Bobrov]

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