Changes the code To return the list in dynamic_programming/subset_generation.py

dynamic_programming/subset_generation.py

@@ -1,44 +1,52 @@
-# Print all subset combinations of n element in given set of r element.
+# return all subset combinations of n element in given set of r element.
 
 
-def combination_util(arr, n, r, index, data, i):
+def subset_combinations_dp(elements: list, n: int) -> list:
     """
-    Current combination is ready to be printed, print it
-    arr[]  ---> Input Array
-    data[] ---> Temporary array to store current combination
-    start & end ---> Staring and Ending indexes in arr[]
-    index  ---> Current index in data[]
-    r ---> Size of a combination to be printed
-    """
-    if index == r:
-        for j in range(r):
-            print(data[j], end=" ")
-        print(" ")
-        return
-    #  When no more elements are there to put in data[]
-    if i >= n:
-        return
-    # current is included, put next at next location
-    data[index] = arr[i]
-    combination_util(arr, n, r, index + 1, data, i + 1)
-    # current is excluded, replace it with
-    # next (Note that i+1 is passed, but
-    # index is not changed)
-    combination_util(arr, n, r, index, data, i + 1)
-    # The main function that prints all combinations
-    # of size r in arr[] of size n. This function
-    # mainly uses combinationUtil()
-
-
-def print_combination(arr, n, r):
-    # A temporary array to store all combination one by one
-    data = [0] * r
-    # Print all combination using temporary array 'data[]'
-    combination_util(arr, n, r, 0, data, 0)
+        Generate all possible combinations of n elements from the given list of elements using dynamic programming.
+        Args:
+            elements (list): The list of elements from which combinations will be generated.
+            n (int): The number of elements in each combination.
+        Returns:
+            list: A list of tuples, each representing a combination of n elements.
+            >>> subset_combinations_dp(elements=[10, 20, 30, 40], n=2)
+            [(10, 20), (10, 30), (20, 30), (10, 40), (20, 40), (30, 40)]
+            >>> subset_combinations_dp(elements=[1, 2, 3], n=1)
+            [(1,), (2,), (3,)]
+            >>> subset_combinations_dp(elements=[1, 2, 3], n=3)
+            [(1, 2, 3)]
+            >>> subset_combinations_dp(elements=[42], n=1)
+            [(42,)]
+            >>> subset_combinations_dp(elements=[1, 2, 3, 4, 5], n=3)
+            [(1, 2, 3), (1, 2, 4), (1, 3, 4), (2, 3, 4), (1, 2, 5), (1, 3, 5), (2, 3, 5), (1, 4, 5), (2, 4, 5), (3, 4, 5)]
+            >>> subset_combinations_dp(elements=[6, 7, 8, 9], n=4)
+            [(6, 7, 8, 9)]
+            >>> subset_combinations_dp(elements=[10, 20, 30, 40, 50], n=0)
+            [()]
+            >>> subset_combinations_dp(elements=[1, 'apple', 3.14], n=2)
+            [(1, 'apple'), (1, 3.14), ('apple', 3.14)]
+            >>> subset_combinations_dp(elements=['single'], n=0)
+            [()]
+        """
+    r = len(elements)
+
+    dp = [[] for _ in range(r + 1)]
+
+    dp[0].append(())
+
+    for i in range(1, r + 1):
+        for j in range(i, 0, -1):
+            for prev_combination in dp[j - 1]:
+                dp[j].append(tuple(prev_combination) + (elements[i - 1],))
+
+    combinations = dp[n]
+
+    return combinations
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    # Driver code to check the function above
-    arr = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
-    print_combination(arr, len(arr), 3)
-    # This code is contributed by Ambuj sahu
+    print(f"{subset_combinations_dp(elements=[10, 20, 30, 40], n=2) = }")
+
+    import doctest
+
+    doctest.testmod()