# Target Sum in C++

C++Server Side ProgrammingProgramming

Suppose we have a list of non-negative integers, a1, a2, ..., an, and another value, that is target, S. Now we have 2 symbols + and -. For each integer, we should choose one from + and - as its new symbol. we have to find out how many ways to assign symbols to make sum of integers same as the target value S. So if the numbers are [1,1,1,1,1], and S = 3, then the output will be 5, as the combinations are – 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 3, + 1 – 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 3, + 1 + 1 – 1 + 1 + 1 = 3, + 1 + 1 + 1 – 1 + 1 = 3, + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 – 1 = 3. So there are five ways to assign them.

To solve this, we will follow these steps −

• Create one table dp of size 21 x 2001, fill this with – 1. This will be used for the dynamic programming approach
• The recursive method will be used called solve(). This will take pos, array v, tempSum and the actual sum S. This will act like below −
• if pos is same as size of array v, then return true, if s = tempSum, otherwise false
• if dp[pos, tempSum + 1000] is not -1, then return dp[pos, tempSum + 1000]
• ans := solve(pos + 1, v, tempSum – v[pos], s) + solve(pos + 1, v, tempSum + v[pos], s)
• dp[pos, tempSum + 1000] = ans
• return ans
• call the solve() from main section using parameter solve(0, nums, 0, s)

## Example(C++)

Let us see the following implementation to get a better understanding −

Live Demo

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
class Solution {
public:
int dp[21][2001];
int solve(int pos, vector <int> v, int tempSum, int s){
if(pos == v.size()){
return s == tempSum;
}
if(dp[pos][tempSum+1000]!=-1)return dp[pos][tempSum+1000];
int ans = solve(pos+1,v,tempSum-v[pos],s) +solve(pos+1,v,tempSum+v[pos],s);
dp[pos][tempSum+1000] = ans;
return ans;
}
int findTargetSumWays(vector<int>& nums, int s) {
int n = nums.size();
if(s>1000)return 0;
for(int i =0;i<21;i++){
for(int j =0;j<2001;j++){
dp[i][j] = -1;
}
}
return solve(0,nums,0,s);
}
};
main(){
Solution ob;
vector<int> v = {1,1,1,1,1};
cout << ob.findTargetSumWays(v, 3);
}

## Input

[1,1,1,1,1]
3

## Output

5
Published on 27-Feb-2020 14:35:14