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package com.thealgorithms.dynamicprogramming;

/**
* A utility class that contains the Sum of Subset problem solution using
* recursion.
*
* The Sum of Subset problem determines whether a subset of elements from a
* given array sums up to a specific target value.
*
* Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subset_sum_problem
*/
public final class SumOfSubset {

private SumOfSubset() {
}

/**
* Determines if there exists a subset of elements in the array `arr` that
* adds up to the given `key` value.
*
* @param arr The array of integers.
* @param num The index of the current element being considered.
* @param key The target sum we are trying to achieve.
* @return true if a subset of `arr` adds up to `key`, false otherwise.
*
* This is a recursive solution that checks for two possibilities at
* each step:
* 1. Include the current element in the subset and check if the
* remaining
* elements can sum up to the remaining target.
* 2. Exclude the current element and check if the remaining elements
* can
* sum up to the target without this element.
*/
public static boolean subsetSum(int[] arr, int num, int key) {
// Base case
if (key == 0) {
return true;
return true; // subset sum found
}
if (num < 0 || key < 0) {
return false;
return false; // no more elements to consider or key is negative
}

// Recursive case

// Pick the current element and include it in the subset
boolean include = subsetSum(arr, num - 1, key - arr[num]);

// Don't pick the current element and exclude it from the subset
boolean exclude = subsetSum(arr, num - 1, key);

return include || exclude;
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