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<B>CHOOSE</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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<em>choose</em>(&lt;m&gt;,&lt;m&gt;) returns the number of ways of choosing 
&lt;m&gt; objects from a collection of &lt;n&gt; distinct objects --- in other 
words the binomial coefficient. If &lt;m&gt; and &lt;n&gt; are not positive 
integers, or m &gt;n, the expression is returned unchanged. 
than or equal to 
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choose(2,3); 

  3 


choose(3,2); 

  CHOOSE(3,2) 


choose(a,b); 

  CHOOSE(A,B)

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