unless Array.method_defined? :repeated_combination require 'backports/tools/arguments' require 'backports/1.8.7/array/index' class Array # Note: Combinations are not yielded in the same order as MRI. # This is not a bug; the spec states that the order is implementation dependent def repeated_combination(num) return to_enum(:repeated_combination, num) unless block_given? num = Backports.coerce_to_int(num) if num <= 0 yield [] if num == 0 else copy = dup indices = Array.new(num, 0) indices[-1] = size while dec = indices.index{|x| x != 0} indices.fill indices[dec]-1, 0, dec + 1 yield copy.values_at(*indices) end end self end end end