1.3.5 Generating Subsets

Problem Input | Problem Output 


INPUT                    OUTPUT

Input Description: An integer n .

Problem: Generate (1) all, or (2) a random, or (3) the next subset of the integers 1 to n .

Implementations

  • Nijenhuis and Wilf: Combinatorial Algorithms (FORTRAN) (rating 8)
  • Combinatorica (Mathematica) (rating 7)
  • Frank Ruskey's Combinatorial Generation Resources (Pascal) (rating 7)
  • Netlib / TOMS -- Collected Algorithms of the ACM (FORTRAN) (rating 3)

    Related Problems

  • Generating Partitions
  • Generating Permutations
  • Random Number Generation
  • Set Data Structures

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