Goldman Sachs Interview Question for Software Engineers


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public static List<List<Integer>> findAllCombination(int num) {

        List<List<Integer>>[] dp = new List[num];

        Arrays.fill(dp, new ArrayList<>());

        List<Integer> temp = Arrays.asList(1);
        List<List<Integer>> combinations = new ArrayList<>();
        combinations.add(temp);

        dp[1] = combinations;

        for (int i = 1; i <= num; i++) {
            for (int j = 2; j < dp.length; j++) {

                List<List<Integer>> prevCombinations = dp[j - 1];

                for (List<Integer> list : prevCombinations) {
                    list.add(i);
                }
                dp[j] = prevCombinations;
            }
        }
        return dp[dp.length - 1];
    }

- Chiro June 06, 2018 | Flag Reply
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The question is about possible combinations, not the permutations.
It means, that if we have a number 5 - then possible combinations are:
1+1+1+1+1
2+1+1+1
2+2+1
3+1+1
4+1

- denis.zayats February 23, 2018 | Flag Reply
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No approximate algorithms required here. You just do an exhaustive search using DFS+Recursion to find the combination that sums up to target sum.

def combinationSum(nums, target):
  nums.sort() # Sort the numbers so that you know when to stop (with respect to target)
  res = []

    def combinationHelper(nums, tempResult=[], sumSoFar=0, target=target, start=0):
      if sumSoFar > target:
        return
      if sumSoFar == target:
        res.append(tempResult[:])
        return

      for index in range(start, len(nums)):
        tempResult.append(nums[index])
        combinationHelper(nums, tempResult, sumSoFar+nums[index], target, index)
        tempResult.pop()
    	
  combinationHelper(nums)
  return res

You can definitely speed this up though using DP.

- prudent_programmer February 23, 2018 | Flag Reply
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def combinationSum(nums, target):
nums.sort() # Sort the numbers so that you know when to stop (with respect to target)
res = []

def combinationHelper(nums, tempResult=[], sumSoFar=0, target=target, start=0):
if sumSoFar > target:
return
if sumSoFar == target:
res.append(tempResult[:])
return

for index in range(start, len(nums)):
tempResult.append(nums[index])
combinationHelper(nums, tempResult, sumSoFar+nums[index], target, index)
tempResult.pop()

combinationHelper(nums)
return res

- Anonymous April 18, 2018 | Flag Reply
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public static List<List<Integer>> findAllCombination(int num) {

List<List<Integer>>[] dp = new List[num];

Arrays.fill(dp, new ArrayList<>());

List<Integer> temp = Arrays.asList(1);
List<List<Integer>> combinations = new ArrayList<>();
combinations.add(temp);

dp[1] = combinations;

for (int i = 1; i <= num; i++) {
for (int j = 2; j < dp.length; j++) {

List<List<Integer>> prevCombinations = dp[j - 1];

for (List<Integer> list : prevCombinations) {
list.add(i);
}
dp[j] = prevCombinations;
}
}
return dp[dp.length - 1];
}

- Chiro June 06, 2018 | Flag Reply
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def fnc(list):
	def helper(hi):

- Hi April 09, 2021 | Flag Reply
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combinations of what? Any amount of any number and any operations? Of course its NP hard, as it is at least as hard as subset sum.

- Chris February 23, 2018 | Flag Reply


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