Imports System
Public Class Program
Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
Dim arr1 As Integer() = New Integer() {1, 8, 5}
' The pairs are: (1, 8), (1, 5), (8, 1), (8, 5), (5, 1), (5, 8)
Dim total_pairs As Integer = arr1.Length * (arr1.Length - 1)
Console.WriteLine("Total Pairs = " & total_pairs)
Dim arr2 As Integer() = New Integer() {1, 8, 5, 2}
' The pairs are: (1, 8), (1, 5), (1, 2), (8, 1), (8, 5), (8, 2),
' (5, 1), (5, 8), (5, 2), (2, 1), (2, 8), (2, 5)
total_pairs = arr2.Length * (arr2.Length - 1)
Console.WriteLine("Total Pairs = " & total_pairs)
End Sub
End Class
' run:
'
' Total Pairs = 6
' Total Pairs = 12
'