Running time can be found by solving this recursion.
T(sz,target) = SUM {1<=i<=sz}  T(i,target-1)
T(sz,0)  = c

I think it is around O(sz^target)

Thanks
Nitin
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:40 AM, aanchal goyal <goyal.aanch...@gmail.com>wrote:

> sorry, *target=45*, not sum. sum=0 when we call the function the first
> time.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:39 AM, aanchal goyal 
> <goyal.aanch...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> @ Ankit Sambyal,
>> please explain me why is it O(n^2) taking into account what the number of
>> times solve is called (in my example above.)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:36 AM, aanchal goyal 
>> <goyal.aanch...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> let sum=45
>>> int arr[]={1,2,3,4,5}; /*43545 times the function solve is called*/
>>>                             /*2611 ways of achieving the sum (2611 ways
>>> will be printed)*/
>>>
>>> if,
>>> int arr[]={1,3,10,30,75}; /*2931 times the function solve is called*/
>>>                                 /*53 ways of achieving the sum*/
>>>
>>>
>>> So, ho here n=5, but see how many times the solve function is called! if
>>> it was n^2, then it would have been called just 25 times
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:55 AM, ankit sambyal <ankitsamb...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> @Ravinder : Its not a DP problem..  If it was, where are the sub
>>>> problems reused or in other words, where is memoization ??
>>>>
>>>> @Anchal : Its complexity is O(n^2). Look at the following segment in ur
>>>> code :
>>>>
>>>>  for(int i=index[n];i<sz;i++)
>>>>  {
>>>>   index[n+1]=i;
>>>>   solve(index,arr,target,cursum+arr[i],n+1,sz);
>>>>  }
>>>>
>>>> Here sz is the number of elements in the array i.e. n for complexity.
>>>> There is a recursive call to solve ......
>>>> I hope its clear now .
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>>>
>>>
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>>> Aanchal Goyal*.
>>>
>>>
>>
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