// Source : https://leetcode.com/problems/partition-equal-subset-sum/description/ // Author : Hao Chen // Date : 2018-06-24 /*************************************************************************************** * * Given a non-empty array containing only positive integers, find if the array can be * partitioned into two subsets such that the sum of elements in both subsets is equal. * * * Note: * * Each of the array element will not exceed 100. * The array size will not exceed 200. * * * * Example 1: * * Input: [1, 5, 11, 5] * * Output: true * * Explanation: The array can be partitioned as [1, 5, 5] and [11]. * * * * Example 2: * * Input: [1, 2, 3, 5] * * Output: false * * Explanation: The array cannot be partitioned into equal sum subsets. * ***************************************************************************************/ class Solution { public: //back tracking bool canPartitionRecrusion(vector<int>& nums, int half, int index) { for (int i=index; i<nums.size(); i++){ int h = half - nums[i]; if ( h < 0 ) return false; //cannot found the solution if ( h == 0 ) return true; //found the solution if ( canPartitionRecrusion(nums, h, i+1) == true ) return true; } return false; } bool canPartition(vector<int>& nums) { int sum = 0; for(auto n : nums) sum +=n; if ( sum & 1 ) return false; // sum % 2 != 1 int half = sum / 2; //sort the array in descending order //so, the DFS could be very fast to find the answer because it's greedy. std::sort(nums.begin(), nums.end(), std::greater<int>()); //go to find a path which sum is half return canPartitionRecrusion(nums, half, 0); } };