subset sum problem backtracking in c code example
Example 1: subset sum problem using backtracking in c++
/* Part of Cosmos by OpenGenus Foundation */
using namespace std;
/*
*Find whether or not there exists any subset
* of array that sum up to targetSum
*/
class Subset_Sum
{
public:
// BACKTRACKING ALGORITHM
void subsetsum_Backtracking(int Set[] , int pos, int sum, int tmpsum, int size, bool & found)
{
if (sum == tmpsum)
found = true;
// generate nodes along the breadth
for (int i = pos; i < size; i++)
{
if (tmpsum + Set[i] <= sum)
{
tmpsum += Set[i];
// consider next level node (along depth)
subsetsum_Backtracking(Set, i + 1, sum, tmpsum, size, found);
tmpsum -= Set[i];
}
}
}
};
int main()
{
int i, n, sum;
Subset_Sum S;
cout << "Enter the number of elements in the set" << endl;
cin >> n;
int a[n];
cout << "Enter the values" << endl;
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
cin>>a[i];
cout << "Enter the value of sum" << endl;
cin >> sum;
bool f = false;
S.subsetsum_Backtracking(a, 0, sum, 0, n, f);
if (f)
cout << "subset with the given sum found" << endl;
else
cout << "no required subset found" << endl;
return 0;
}
Example 2: subset sum problem using backtracking python
def SubsetSum(set, n, sum) :
if (sum == 0) :
return True
if (n == 0 and sum != 0) :
return False
if (set[n - 1] > sum) :
return SubsetSum(set, n - 1, sum);
return SubsetSum(set, n-1, sum) or SubsetSum(set, n-1, sumset[n-1])
set = [2, 14, 6, 22, 4, 8]
sum = 10
n = len(set)
if (SubsetSum(set, n, sum) == True) :
print("Found a subset with given sum")
else :
print("No subset with given sum")