216. Combination Sum III

Find all valid combinations of k numbers that sum up to n such that the following conditions are true:

• Only numbers 1 through 9 are used.
• Each number is used at most once.

Return a list of all possible valid combinations. The list must not contain the same combination twice, and the combinations may be returned in any order.

Example 1:

Input: k = 3, n = 7
Output: [[1,2,4]]
Explanation:
1 + 2 + 4 = 7
There are no other valid combinations.

Example 2:

Input: k = 3, n = 9
Output: [[1,2,6],[1,3,5],[2,3,4]]
Explanation:
1 + 2 + 6 = 9
1 + 3 + 5 = 9
2 + 3 + 4 = 9
There are no other valid combinations.

Example 3:

Input: k = 4, n = 1
Output: []
Explanation: There are no valid combinations.
Using 4 different numbers in the range [1,9], the smallest sum we can get is 1+2+3+4 = 10 and since 10 > 1, there are no valid combination.

Constraints:

• 2 <= k <= 9
• 1 <= n <= 60

Solution:

class Solution {
    public List<List<Integer>> combinationSum3(int k, int n) {
        List<List<Integer>> result = new ArrayList<>();

        List<Integer> subResult = new ArrayList<>();

        int index = 1;
        int curSum = 0;
        backtrack(index, k, n,subResult, result, curSum);
        return result;
    }

    private void backtrack(int index, int k, int n, List<Integer> subResult, List<List<Integer>> result, int curSum){
        if (subResult.size() == k || curSum > n){
            if (curSum == n){
                result.add(new ArrayList<>(subResult));
            }

            return;
        }


        for (int i = index; i <= 9; i++){
            subResult.add(i);
            backtrack(i + 1, k, n, subResult, result, curSum + i);
            subResult.remove(subResult.size() -1);
        }

        return;
    }
}

// TC: O(kC_n^k)
// SC: O(k)

class Solution {
    public List<List<Integer>> combinationSum3(int k, int n) {
        List<List<Integer>> result = new ArrayList<>();

        List<Integer> subResult = new ArrayList<>();
        int curSum = 0;
        int index = 1;
        backtracking(index,n, k, curSum, subResult, result);
        return result;
    }

    private void backtracking(int index, int n, int k, int curSum, List<Integer> subResult, List<List<Integer>> result){
        if (subResult.size() == k){
            if (curSum == n){
                result.add(new ArrayList<>(subResult));
            }
            return;
        }

        if (subResult.size() > k){
            return;
        }

        if (curSum > n){
            return;
        }

        for(int i = index; i <= 9; i++){
            subResult.add(i);
            backtracking(i + 1, n, k , curSum + i, subResult, result);
            subResult.remove(subResult.size() - 1);
        }


    }
}