@acl showed the best way. Because your list is defined as a Range
, the particular solution for the case you gave is also found by
Table[{j, k}, {j, 15}, {k, j + 1, 16}]~Flatten~1
EDIT: Here's another way to solve it via Permutations
:
Select[Permutations[Range@16, {2}], #[[2]] > #[[1]] &]
As TomD noted, this can be expressed alternatively as:
Select[Permutations[Range@16, {2}], OrderedQ]