Count of possible permutations of a number represented as a sum of 2’s, 4’s and 6’s only

Last Updated : 13 May, 2021

Given an integer N, the task is to find out the number of permutations in which N can be represented as a sum of 2s, 4s, and 6s only.
Note: The different permutations of the same combination will also be counted.
Examples:

Input: N = 8
Output: 7
Explanation: The possible combinations are:
2 2 2 2
4 4
4 2 2
2 2 4
2 4 2
2 6
6 2
Input: N = 6
Output: 4

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Approach: In order to solve this problem, we are using a Dynamic Programming approach:

As the possible numbers that can be added to reach N are 2, 4, and 6, they can be considered as base cases. By making use of the base cases further cases can be computed.
Let us consider a dp[] array of size N + 1 which computes and stores at every index i the possible ways to form a value i using only 2, 4, 6.

dp[2] = 1
dp[4] = 2 { 4 can be represented as 2+2, 4}
dp[6] = 4 { 6 can be represented as 2+2+2, 2+4, 4+2, 6}
dp[i] = dp[i-2]+dp[i-4] + dp[i – 6] for all even values of i in the range [8, N]

Hence, dp[N] contains the required answer.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ code for above implementation
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Returns number of ways
// to reach score n
int count(int n)
{
    // table[i] will store count
    // of solutions for value i.
    if (n == 2)
        return 1;
    else if (n == 4)
        return 2;
    else if (n == 6)
        return 4;
 
    int table[n + 1], i;
 
    // Initialize all table
    // values as 0
    for (i = 0; i < n + 1; i++)
        table[i] = 0;
 
    // Base case (If given value
    // is 0, 1, 2, or 4)
    table[0] = 0;
    table[2] = 1;
    table[4] = 2;
    table[6] = 4;
 
    for (i = 8; i <= n; i = i + 2) {
 
        table[i] = table[i - 2]
                   + table[i - 4]
                   + table[i - 6];
    }
 
    return table[n];
}
 
// Driver Code
int main(void)
{
    int n = 8;
    cout << count(n);
 
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java code for above implementation
import java.util.*;
class GFG{
 
// Returns number of ways
// to reach score n
static int count(int n)
{
    // table[i] will store count
    // of solutions for value i.
    if (n == 2)
        return 1;
    else if (n == 4)
        return 2;
    else if (n == 6)
        return 4;
 
    int table[] = new int[n + 1];
    int i;
 
    // Initialize all table
    // values as 0
    for (i = 0; i < n + 1; i++)
        table[i] = 0;
 
    // Base case (If given value
    // is 0, 1, 2, or 4)
    table[0] = 0;
    table[2] = 1;
    table[4] = 2;
    table[6] = 4;
 
    for (i = 8; i <= n; i = i + 2)
    {
        table[i] = table[i - 2] +
                   table[i - 4] +
                   table[i - 6];
    }
 
    return table[n];
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void main(String args[])
{
    int n = 8;
    System.out.print(count(n));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Akanksha_Rai

Python3

# Python3 code for above implementation
 
# Returns number of ways
# to reach score n
def count(n) :
 
    # table[i] will store count
    # of solutions for value i.
    if (n == 2) :
        return 1;
    elif (n == 4) :
        return 2;
    elif (n == 6) :
        return 4;
 
    table = [0] * (n + 1);
 
    # Initialize all table
    # values as 0
    for i in range(n + 1) :
        table[i] = 0;
 
    # Base case (If given value
    # is 0, 1, 2, or 4)
    table[0] = 0;
    table[2] = 1;
    table[4] = 2;
    table[6] = 4;
 
    for i in range(8 , n + 1, 2) :
 
        table[i] = table[i - 2] + \
                   table[i - 4] + \
                   table[i - 6];
 
    return table[n];
 
# Driver Code
if __name__ == "__main__" :
 
    n = 8;
    print(count(n));
 
# This code is contributed by AnkitRai01

C#

// C# code for above implementation
using System;
class GFG{
 
// Returns number of ways
// to reach score n
static int count(int n)
{
    // table[i] will store count
    // of solutions for value i.
    if (n == 2)
        return 1;
    else if (n == 4)
        return 2;
    else if (n == 6)
        return 4;
 
    int []table = new int[n + 1];
    int i;
 
    // Initialize all table
    // values as 0
    for (i = 0; i < n + 1; i++)
        table[i] = 0;
 
    // Base case (If given value
    // is 0, 1, 2, or 4)
    table[0] = 0;
    table[2] = 1;
    table[4] = 2;
    table[6] = 4;
 
    for (i = 8; i <= n; i = i + 2)
    {
        table[i] = table[i - 2] +
                   table[i - 4] +
                   table[i - 6];
    }
 
    return table[n];
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main()
{
    int n = 8;
    Console.Write(count(n));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Code_Mech

Javascript

<script>
// Javascript program to implement
// the above approach
 
// Returns number of ways
// to reach score n
function count(n)
{
    // table[i] will store count
    // of solutions for value i.
    if (n == 2)
        return 1;
    else if (n == 4)
        return 2;
    else if (n == 6)
        return 4;
   
    let table = Array.from({length: n+1}, (_, i) => 0);
    let i;
   
    // Initialize all table
    // values as 0
    for (i = 0; i < n + 1; i++)
        table[i] = 0;
   
    // Base case (If given value
    // is 0, 1, 2, or 4)
    table[0] = 0;
    table[2] = 1;
    table[4] = 2;
    table[6] = 4;
   
    for (i = 8; i <= n; i = i + 2)
    {
        table[i] = table[i - 2] +
                   table[i - 4] +
                   table[i - 6];
    }
   
    return table[n];
}
  
  // Driver Code
     
    let n = 8;
    document.write(count(n));
  
 // This code is contributed by susmitakundugoaldanga.
</script>