No there's no assumptions...
How can it be sub string?
Say a set S = {1,4,12,62,11,3}

we are given an algo say SUM(S,k) which returns TRUE or FALSE if the set S
has a subset, sum of whose elsements is equal to K

SUM(S,5) = TRUE
SUM(S,74) =TRUE
SUM(S,&) = FALSE

On 3/30/07, Shalin Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
>
> > We have set named S. We assume we have an algorithm that specifies if
> > there is a subset in S that sum of it's elements equals to K in O(n)
> > and returns TRUE or FALSE.
>
> That assumption is either wrong, or you have specified the problem
> incorrectly. Is "subset" the right word? Do you mean "substring"
>
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Thanks & Regards,
Dhruva Sagar.

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