40. Combination Sum II

Medium

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Given a collection of candidate numbers (candidates) and a target number (target), find all unique combinations in candidates where the candidate numbers sum to target.

Each number in candidates may only be used once in the combination.

Note: The solution set must not contain duplicate combinations.

Example 1:

Input: candidates = [10,1,2,7,6,1,5], target = 8
Output: 
[
[1,1,6],
[1,2,5],
[1,7],
[2,6]
]

Example 2:

Input: candidates = [2,5,2,1,2], target = 5
Output: 
[
[1,2,2],
[5]
]

Constraints:

• 1 <= candidates.length <= 100

• 1 <= candidates[i] <= 50

• 1 <= target <= 30

Solution

class Solution:
    def combinationSum2(self, candidates: List[int], target: int) -> List[List[int]]:
        candidates.sort()
        result = []
        print(candidates)
        def recursion(candidates, start, path, total, target):
            nonlocal result
            if target == total:
                result.append(path[:])
                return
            for index in range(start, len(candidates)):
                if index > start and candidates[index] == candidates[index-1]:
                    continue
                if total+candidates[index] > target:
                    break
                path.append(candidates[index])
                recursion(candidates,index+1, path, total+candidates[index], target)
                path.pop()
        recursion(candidates,0,[],0, target)
        return result