C Program for Subset Sum Problem using Dynamic Programming

We can solve the problem in Pseudo-polynomial time we can use the Dynamic programming approach.

So we will create a 2D array of size (n + 1) * (sum + 1) of type boolean. The state dp[i][j] will be true if there exists a subset of elements from set[0 . . . i] with sum value = ‘j’.

The dynamic programming relation is as follows:

if (A[i-1] > j)
dp[i][j] = dp[i-1][j]
else
dp[i][j] = dp[i-1][j] OR dp[i-1][j-set[i-1]]

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C




// A Dynamic Programming solution
// for subset sum problem
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
 
// Returns true if there is a subset of set[]
// with sum equal to given sum
bool isSubsetSum(int set[], int n, int sum)
{
    // The value of subset[i][j] will be true if
    // there is a subset of set[0..j-1] with sum
    // equal to i
    bool subset[n + 1][sum + 1];
 
    // If sum is 0, then answer is true
    for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++)
        subset[i][0] = true;
 
    // If sum is not 0 and set is empty,
    // then answer is false
    for (int i = 1; i <= sum; i++)
        subset[0][i] = false;
 
    // Fill the subset table in bottom up manner
    for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
        for (int j = 1; j <= sum; j++) {
            if (j < set[i - 1])
                subset[i][j] = subset[i - 1][j];
            if (j >= set[i - 1])
                subset[i][j]
                    = subset[i - 1][j]
                    || subset[i - 1][j - set[i - 1]];
        }
    }
 
    return subset[n][sum];
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int set[] = { 3, 34, 4, 12, 5, 2 };
    int sum = 9;
    int n = sizeof(set) / sizeof(set[0]);
    if (isSubsetSum(set, n, sum) == true)
        printf("Found a subset with given sum");
    else
        printf("No subset with given sum");
    return 0;
}
// This code is contributed by Arjun Tyagi.


Output

Found a subset with given sum

Time Complexity: O(sum * n), where n is the size of the array.
Auxiliary Space: O(sum*n), as the size of the 2-D array is sum*n.

C Program for Subset Sum Problem | DP-25

Write a C program for a given set of non-negative integers and a value sum, the task is to check if there is a subset of the given set whose sum is equal to the given sum.

Examples:

Input: set[] = {3, 34, 4, 12, 5, 2}, sum = 9
Output: True
Explanation: There is a subset (4, 5) with sum 9.

Input: set[] = {3, 34, 4, 12, 5, 2}, sum = 30
Output: False
Explanation: There is no subset that adds up to 30.

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