How to create alphabetical four-letter combinations using LINQ in VB.NET

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Imports System
Imports System.Linq

Module Program
    Sub Main(args As String())
        Dim letters = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ".ToCharArray()

        Dim sequence = From one In letters
                       From two In letters
                       From three In letters
                       From four In letters
                       Order By one, two, three, four
                       Select New String({one, two, three, four})

        ' Print first 20 sequences
        For Each s In sequence.Take(20)
            Console.WriteLine(s)
        Next

        Console.WriteLine("...")
		Console.WriteLine("Total sequence size: " & sequence.Count())
    End Sub
End Module



' run:
'
' AAAA
' AAAB
' AAAC
' AAAD
' AAAE
' AAAF
' AAAG
' AAAH
' AAAI
' AAAJ
' AAAK
' AAAL
' AAAM
' AAAN
' AAAO
' AAAP
' AAAQ
' AAAR
' AAAS
' AAAT
' ...
' Total sequence size: 456976
'

 



answered Dec 15, 2025 by avibootz
edited Dec 15, 2025 by avibootz
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