Switch numbers in attribute field

[PilKwon]

I am trying to switch numbers between rows

here is the thing

there are 8! (40320) cases that i need to make arraying numbers in total 

E.g., (8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1) : (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) (1,0,2,3,4,5,6,7)(1,2,0,3,4,5,6,7) (1,2,3,0,4,5,6,7) .... (7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0)

so i am going to create 40320 fields and trying to put number in it.

I was thinking that i could use Random number generator but it returns duplicate number in rows and also it might have a chance to have duplicate fields.

Are there any ways that i can do this easy way using field calculator's code block?

[NeilAyres]

I think you will not find any db system that will allow you to have a table with 40k attribute cols.

That's crazy.

If this is a bunch of arrays, then let's wait for Dan_Patterson to come up with some more elegant solution using numpy.

[PilKwon]

thanks for quick response.

yeah, i agree with that a table with 40K or more fields is crazy .. but i think that's the best way to find out the best (shortest path) route between 8 points -(calculating all the possible route and find the minimum distance among all)

if you have any advice on this, please let me know

by the way, thanks a lot

[DanPatterson_Retired · Accepted solution]

>>> from itertools import permutations as p
>>> r = [i for i in p(range(3),3)]
>>> len(r)
6
>>> r
[(0, 1, 2), (0, 2, 1), (1, 0, 2), (1, 2, 0), (2, 0, 1), (2, 1, 0)]
>>> r = [i for i in p(range(8),8)]
>>> len(r)
40320
>>> ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

I can help with the numbers, but you aren't going to get that number of fields.

What you want is a permutation.  two examples follow... I have printed one example out and just given the length of the 2nd. I strongly don't recommend that you print it out... at least on paper

EDIT fixed line 2 Nov 10 to read ..... range(3), 3)] 

[PilKwon]

LOL printing them will crash my PC

thanks a lot. I will try and see how it works on my ArcMap

[BruceLang]

I have no solution, but maybe others have accomplished something similar to this idea.

Is there a way to use an image (a raster field?) as the array?  This requires custom functions to store, read, and write array elements.  But, this would be a very compact way to store data.

Like I said, just an idea with no clue how to implement it.

[PilKwon]

thanks for your idea
I am applying Dan's solution to this