Partition Equal Subset Sum

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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:

  1. Each of the array element will not exceed 100.
  2. 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.

Solution 1:

DP: knapsack

class Solution {
public:
    bool canPartition(vector<int>& nums) {
        int sum = 0;
        for(int i : nums) sum+=i;
        if(sum %2) return false;
        sum/=2;
        
        vector<vector<int>> dp(nums.size()+1, vector<int>(sum+1, 0));
        dp[0][0] = 1;
        for(int i= 1; i<=nums.size();i++){
            for(int j=0; j<=sum; j++){
                dp[i][j] |= dp[i-1][j];
                if(j>=nums[i-1])dp[i][j] |= dp[i-1][j-nums[i-1]];
            }
        }
        return dp[nums.size()][sum];
    }
};

Solution 2:

Bitmap, similar idea with dp but with better data structure

class Solution {
public:
    bool canPartition(vector<int>& nums) {
        int sum = 0;
        bitset<20001> bit(1);
        for(int i : nums){
            sum += i;
            bit |= bit<<i;
        }
        return !(sum&1) && bit[sum>>1];
    }
};