I have arrays like this:
[[1, 2], [3, 4]]
[[4, 5], [5, 6]]
[[7, 8], [8, 9]]
I want to get all possible combinations of these arrays:
[[1, 2], [4, 5], [7, 8]]
[[1, 2], [4, 5], [8, 9]]
[[1, 2], [5, 6], [7, 8]]
...
It can be any number of arrays inside an array.
What approach should I use to accomplish it with Python?
You want the Cartesian product.
>>> arrays = [
... [[1, 2], [3, 4]],
... [[4, 5], [5, 6]],
... [[7, 8], [8, 9]],
... ]
>>> import itertools
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> pprint(list(itertools.product(*arrays)))
[([1, 2], [4, 5], [7, 8]),
([1, 2], [4, 5], [8, 9]),
([1, 2], [5, 6], [7, 8]),
([1, 2], [5, 6], [8, 9]),
([3, 4], [4, 5], [7, 8]),
([3, 4], [4, 5], [8, 9]),
([3, 4], [5, 6], [7, 8]),
([3, 4], [5, 6], [8, 9])]
Since it is a bit ambiguous how your lists are stored:
>>> x,y,z = arrays
>>> x
[[1, 2], [3, 4]]
>>> y
[[4, 5], [5, 6]]
>>> z
[[7, 8], [8, 9]]
>>> pprint(list(itertools.product(x,y,z)))
[([1, 2], [4, 5], [7, 8]),
([1, 2], [4, 5], [8, 9]),
([1, 2], [5, 6], [7, 8]),
([1, 2], [5, 6], [8, 9]),
([3, 4], [4, 5], [7, 8]),
([3, 4], [4, 5], [8, 9]),
([3, 4], [5, 6], [7, 8]),
([3, 4], [5, 6], [8, 9])]
>>>
Of course, itertools.product is the equivalent of nested for-loops:
>>> for s1 in x:
... for s2 in y:
... for s3 in z:
... print(s1,s2,s3)
...
[1, 2] [4, 5] [7, 8]
[1, 2] [4, 5] [8, 9]
[1, 2] [5, 6] [7, 8]
[1, 2] [5, 6] [8, 9]
[3, 4] [4, 5] [7, 8]
[3, 4] [4, 5] [8, 9]
[3, 4] [5, 6] [7, 8]
[3, 4] [5, 6] [8, 9]
>>>
Notice:
>>> for s in itertools.product(*arrays):
... print(*s)
...
[1, 2] [4, 5] [7, 8]
[1, 2] [4, 5] [8, 9]
[1, 2] [5, 6] [7, 8]
[1, 2] [5, 6] [8, 9]
[3, 4] [4, 5] [7, 8]
[3, 4] [4, 5] [8, 9]
[3, 4] [5, 6] [7, 8]
[3, 4] [5, 6] [8, 9]
