sorry, *target=45*, not sum. sum=0 when we call the function the first time.

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:39 AM, aanchal goyal <[email protected]>wrote:

> @ Ankit Sambyal,
> please explain me why is it O(n^2) taking into account what the number of
> times solve is called (in my example above.)
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:36 AM, aanchal goyal 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> let sum=45
>> int arr[]={1,2,3,4,5}; /*43545 times the function solve is called*/
>>                             /*2611 ways of achieving the sum (2611 ways
>> will be printed)*/
>>
>> if,
>> int arr[]={1,3,10,30,75}; /*2931 times the function solve is called*/
>>                                 /*53 ways of achieving the sum*/
>>
>>
>> So, ho here n=5, but see how many times the solve function is called! if
>> it was n^2, then it would have been called just 25 times
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:55 AM, ankit sambyal <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> @Ravinder : Its not a DP problem..  If it was, where are the sub problems
>>> reused or in other words, where is memoization ??
>>>
>>> @Anchal : Its complexity is O(n^2). Look at the following segment in ur
>>> code :
>>>
>>>  for(int i=index[n];i<sz;i++)
>>>  {
>>>   index[n+1]=i;
>>>   solve(index,arr,target,cursum+arr[i],n+1,sz);
>>>  }
>>>
>>> Here sz is the number of elements in the array i.e. n for complexity.
>>> There is a recursive call to solve ......
>>> I hope its clear now .
>>>
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