I am trying to code the following:
there will be six inputs, say 1,2,3,4,5,6
inputs 2-6 have two possible options (say yes and no)
input 1 has seven possible options (say a-g)
depending on which inputs are selected, a specific output will be generated.
So if you had - a, yes, yes, no, no, no - it would generate outcome 'x'
I have managed to create a list with all the possible input combinations (using python):
list = [[23,24,25,26,27,28,29],["male","female"],["true","false"],["true","false"],["true","false"],["true","false"]]
r=[[]]
for e in list:
table = []
for item in e:
for i in r:
table.append(i+[item])
r = table
print r
My next stage is to allocate an outcome to each of these options. I guess the best way to do this is just append the output to each list item so that
for e in index, if e[0]-e[5] matches the input then print out e[6]
Is this an ok way to do it?
EDIT
Just to make it clearer I just thought I'd explain what I am actually trying to do. It's a free tool for doctors (I'm a doc - it's not for commercial purposes just to improve patient care).
It is a way of calculating risk for the patient, so there will be five questions the doc will input - e.g. male/female etc and depending on their inputs it will produce the outcome as a % risk for the patient. We are using years of previous patient outcome data to produce the table of outcome.