78. Subsets

https://leetcode.com/discuss/46668/recursive-iterative-manipulation-solutions-explanations

Given a set of distinct integers, nums, return all possible subsets.

Note:

• Elements in a subset must be in non-descending order.
• The solution set must not contain duplicate subsets.

For example,
If nums = [1,2,3], a solution is:

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

方法一：回溯法

class Solution {
public:
    vector<vector<int>> subsets(vector<int>& nums) {
        sort(nums.begin(), nums.end());
        vector<vector<int>> subs;
        vector<int> sub;  
        genSubsets(nums, 0, sub, subs);
        return subs; 
    }
    void genSubsets(vector<int>& nums, int start, vector<int>& sub, vector<vector<int>>& subs) {
        subs.push_back(sub);
        for (int i = start; i < nums.size(); i++) {
            sub.push_back(nums[i]);
            genSubsets(nums, i + 1, sub, subs);
            sub.pop_back();
        }
    }
};

方法二：迭代法
This problem can also be solved iteratively. Take [1, 2, 3] in the problem statement as an example. The process of generating all the subsets is like:

Initially: [[]]
Adding the first number to all the existed subsets: [[], [1]];
Adding the second number to all the existed subsets: [[], [1], [2], [1, 2]];
Adding the third number to all the existed subsets: [[], [1], [2], [1, 2], [3], [1, 3], [2, 3], [1, 2, 3]].
Have you got the idea :-)

class Solution {
public:
    vector<vector<int>> subsets(vector<int>& nums) {
        sort(nums.begin(), nums.end());
        vector<vector<int>> subs(1, vector<int>());
        for (int i = 0; i < nums.size(); i++) {
            int n = subs.size();
            for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
                subs.push_back(subs[j]); 
                subs.back().push_back(nums[i]);
            }
        }
        return subs;
    }
}; 

方法三：bit位操作
奇技淫巧
https://leetcode.com/discuss/9213/my-solution-using-bit-manipulation

class Solution {
public:
    vector<vector<int> > subsets(vector<int> &S) {
        sort (S.begin(), S.end());
        int elem_num = S.size();
        int subset_num = pow (2, elem_num);
        vector<vector<int> > subset_set (subset_num, vector<int>());
        for (int i = 0; i < elem_num; i++)
            for (int j = 0; j < subset_num; j++)
                if ((j >> i) & 1)
                    subset_set[j].push_back (S[i]);
        return subset_set;
    }
};

解释：

Number of subsets for {1 , 2 , 3 } = 2^3 .
 why ? 
case    possible outcomes for the set of subsets
  1   ->          Take or dont take = 2 
  2   ->          Take or dont take = 2  
  3   ->          Take or dont take = 2 

therefore , total = 2*2*2 = 2^3 = { { } , {1} , {2} , {3} , {1,2} , {1,3} , {2,3} , {1,2,3} }

Lets assign bits to each outcome  -> First bit to 1 , Second bit to 2 and third bit to 3
Take = 1
Dont take = 0

0) 0 0 0  -> Dont take 3 , Dont take 2 , Dont take 1 = { } 
1) 0 0 1  -> Dont take 3 , Dont take 2 ,   take 1       =  {1 } 
2) 0 1 0  -> Dont take 3 ,    take 2       , Dont take 1 = { 2 } 
3) 0 1 1  -> Dont take 3 ,    take 2       ,      take 1    = { 1 , 2 } 
4) 1 0 0  ->    take 3      , Dont take 2  , Dont take 1 = { 3 } 
5) 1 0 1  ->    take 3      , Dont take 2  ,     take 1     = { 1 , 3 } 
6) 1 1 0  ->    take 3      ,    take 2       , Dont take 1 = { 2 , 3 } 
7) 1 1 1  ->    take 3     ,      take 2     ,      take 1     = { 1 , 2 , 3 } 

In the above logic ,Insert S[i] only if (j>>i)&1 ==true   { j E { 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 }   i = ith element in the input array }

element 1 is inserted only into those places where 1st bit of j is 1 
   if( j >> 0 &1 )  ==> for above above eg. this is true for sl.no.( j )= 1 , 3 , 5 , 7 

element 2 is inserted only into those places where 2nd bit of j is 1 
   if( j >> 1 &1 )  == for above above eg. this is true for sl.no.( j ) = 2 , 3 , 6 , 7

element 3 is inserted only into those places where 3rd bit of j is 1 
   if( j >> 2 & 1 )  == for above above eg. this is true for sl.no.( j ) = 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 

Time complexity : O(n*2^n) , for every input element loop traverses the whole solution set length i.e. 2^n