combinations of sizes for shipping
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Hi there, I've got a bunch of products with sizes to ship and I need to find out the cheapest rate.
Given a shipment made out of sizes, say [1,3,3,5] I need to decide how to ship - all together or separate. However it's not as simple as [1,3,3,5] or 1 & 3 & 3 & 5, i need all of the possible combinations something like:
[
[[1,3,3,5]], ( 1 shipment )
[[1],[3,3,5]], ( 2 shipments )
[[1,3],[3,5]], ( 2 shipments )
[[1,3,3],[5]], ( 2 shipments )
[[1,5],[3,3]], ( 2 shipments )
[[1,3],[3],[5]], ( 3 shipments )
[[1],[3],[3],[5]] ( 4 shipments )
]
( etc - many more i assume ) I've tried combinations from the facets gem but it's not quite what i'm after, and I'm not sure how else to approach this problem. I understand it probably has a name and a solution if only I knew the name :)
I understand there could be a lot of combinations, but the initial array of sizes won't be larger than 7 or so.
Thanks in advance!
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