Combinations

Combinations

Given two integers n and k, return all possible combinations of k numbers out of 1 ... n.

For example,
If n = 4 and k = 2, a solution is:

[
  [2,4],
  [3,4],
  [2,3],
  [1,2],
  [1,3],
  [1,4],
]

Java代码：

public static List<List<Integer>> combine(int n, int k) {
		List<List> result = new LinkedList<List>();
		if (n < k || k == 0 || n == 0)
			return null;
		return combineUTL(1, n, k);
	}

	public static List<List<Integer>> combineUTL(int start, int end, int k) {
		List<List<Integer>> list = new ArrayList<List<Integer>>();
		if (start > end || k == 0 || end - start + 1 < k)
			return null;
		if (end - start + 1 == k) {
			List<Integer> list_over = new ArrayList<>();
			for (int i = start; i <= end; i++)
				list_over.add(i);
			list.add(list_over);
		} else {
			List<List<Integer>> list_1 = combineUTL(start + 1, end, k - 1);
			if (null != list_1) {
				for (List<Integer> list_tmp : list_1) {
					list_tmp.add(0, start);
				}
			} else {
				if (k - 1 == 0) {
					list_1 = new ArrayList<List<Integer>>();
					List<Integer> list_tmp = new ArrayList<>();
					list_tmp.add(start);
					list_1.add(list_tmp);
				}
			}
			List<List<Integer>> list_2 = combineUTL(start + 1, end, k);
			if (null != list_1)
				list.addAll(list_1);
			if (null != list_2)
				list.addAll(list_2);
		}
		return list;
	}

	public static void main(String[] arqs) {
		List<List<Integer>> result = combine(4, 2);
		for (List<Integer> list : result) {
			System.out.print("{");
			for (Integer i : list) {
				System.out.print(i + ",");
			}
			System.out.print("}\n");
		}
	}