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# Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
* text=auto

#created below is a covering array, along with another variable that contains value sets - the covering array is compared to the value sets in order to verify the presence of the value sets within the
#covering array, to make sure that it is indeed a covering array.

#additional notes - t = strength, k = columns, v = values within a specific row x column, N = rows.
#.combinations generates column sets while .product generates value sets

import itertools
import random

t = 3
k = 3
v = 3
N = random.randint(1,100)

ca_list = []
for row in range(N):
    covering_array = itertools.combinations(range(k), t)
    ca_list += covering_array

#check_array = list(itertools.product(range(v), repeat=t))

verify_covering_array(ca):
    for row in covering_array:
        output = True
        vals_in_row = tuple(row[col])
        for col in columns
            if col in vals_in_row:
                continue
            else:
                output = False
                break
        return output

verify_covering_array(ca_list)