Python Subset Sum

Question

I am trying to write a function that will not only determine whether the sum of a subset of a set adds to a desired target number, but also to print the subset that is the solution.

Here is my code for finding whether a subset exists:

def subsetsum(array,num):

    if num == 0 or num < 1:
        return False
    elif len(array) == 0:
        return False
    else:
        if array[0] == num:
            return True
        else:
            return subsetsum(array[1:],(num - array[0])) or subsetsum(array[1:],num)

How can I modify this to record the subset itself so that I can print it? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Based on your solution:

def subsetsum(array,num):

    if num == 0 or num < 1:
        return None
    elif len(array) == 0:
        return None
    else:
        if array[0] == num:
            return [array[0]]
        else:
            with_v = subsetsum(array[1:],(num - array[0])) 
            if with_v:
                return [array[0]] + with_v
            else:
                return subsetsum(array[1:],num)