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Given an positive integer n. Count total number of ways to express ‘n’ as sum of odd positive integers. 

Examples:

Input: 4
Output: 3
Explanation
There are only three ways to write 4
as sum of odd integers:
1. 1 + 3
2. 3 + 1
3. 1 + 1 + 1 + 1

Input: 5
Output: 5

 

Simple approach is to find recursive nature of problem. The number ‘n’ can be written as sum of odd integers from either (n-1)th number or (n-2)th number. Let the total number of ways to write ‘n’ be ways(n). The value of ‘ways(n)’ can be written by recursive formula as follows: 
 

ways(n) = ways(n-1) + ways(n-2)

The above expression is actually the expression for Fibonacci numbers. Therefore problem is reduced to find the nth fibonacci number. 
 

ways(1) = fib(1) = 1
ways(2) = fib(2) = 1
ways(3) = fib(2) = 2
ways(4) = fib(4) = 3

 

C++




// C++ program to count ways to write
// number as sum of odd integers
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to calculate n'th Fibonacci number
int fib(int n)
{
  /* Declare an array to store Fibonacci numbers. */
  int f[n+1];
  int i;
 
  /* 0th and 1st number of the series are 0 and 1*/
  f[0] = 0;
  f[1] = 1;
 
  for (i = 2; i <= n; i++)
  {
      /* Add the previous 2 numbers in the series
         and store it */
      f[i] = f[i-1] + f[i-2];
  }
 
  return f[n];
}
 
// Return number of ways to write 'n'
// as sum of odd integers
int countOddWays(int n)
{
    return fib(n);
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int n = 4;
    cout << countOddWays(n) << "\n";
 
    n = 5;
    cout << countOddWays(n);
   return 0;
}

Java




// Java program to count ways to write
// number as sum of odd integers
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG {
     
// Function to calculate n'th Fibonacci number
static int fib(int n) {
     
    /* Declare an array to store Fibonacci numbers. */
    int f[] = new int[n + 1];
    int i;
 
    /* 0th and 1st number of the series are 0 and 1*/
    f[0] = 0;
    f[1] = 1;
 
    for (i = 2; i <= n; i++) {
         
    /* Add the previous 2 numbers in the series
        and store it */
    f[i] = f[i - 1] + f[i - 2];
    }
 
    return f[n];
}
 
// Return number of ways to write 'n'
// as sum of odd integers
static int countOddWays(int n)
{
    return fib(n);
}
 
// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args) {
     
    int n = 4;
    System.out.print(countOddWays(n) + "\n");
 
    n = 5;
    System.out.print(countOddWays(n));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Anant Agarwal.

Python3




# Python code to count ways to write
# number as sum of odd integers
 
# Function to calculate n'th
# Fibonacci number
def fib( n ):
 
    # Declare a list to store
    # Fibonacci numbers.
    f=list()
     
    # 0th and 1st number of the
    # series are 0 and 1
    f.append(0)
    f.append(1)
     
    i = 2
    while i<n+1:
 
        # Add the previous 2 numbers
        # in the series and store it
        f.append(f[i-1] + f[i-2])
        i += 1
    return f[n]
 
# Return number of ways to write 'n'
# as sum of odd integers
def countOddWays( n ):
    return fib(n)
 
# Driver code
n = 4
print(countOddWays(n))
n = 5
print(countOddWays(n))
 
# This code is contributed by "Sharad_Bhardwaj"

C#




// C# program to count ways to write
// number as sum of odd integers
using System;
 
class GFG {
     
    // Function to calculate n'th
    // Fibonacci number
    static int fib(int n) {
         
        /* Declare an array to store
        Fibonacci numbers. */
        int []f = new int[n + 1];
        int i;
     
        /* 0th and 1st number of the
        series are 0 and 1*/
        f[0] = 0;
        f[1] = 1;
     
        for (i = 2; i <= n; i++)
        {
             
            /* Add the previous 2 numbers
            in the series and store it */
            f[i] = f[i - 1] + f[i - 2];
        }
     
        return f[n];
    }
     
    // Return number of ways to write 'n'
    // as sum of odd integers
    static int countOddWays(int n)
    {
        return fib(n);
    }
     
    // Driver code
    public static void Main()
    {
        int n = 4;
        Console.WriteLine(countOddWays(n));
     
        n = 5;
        Console.WriteLine(countOddWays(n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by vt_m.

PHP




<?php
// PHP program to count ways to write
// number as sum of odd integers
 
// Function to calculate n'th
// Fibonacci number
function fib($n)
{
     
    // Declare an array to
    // store Fibonacci numbers.
    $f = array();
    $i;
     
    // 0th and 1st number of the
    // series are 0 and 1
    $f[0] = 0;
    $f[1] = 1;
     
    for($i = 2; $i <= $n; $i++)
    {
         
        // Add the previous 2
        // numbers in the series
        // and store it
        $f[$i] = $f[$i - 1] +
                 $f[$i - 2];
    }
     
    return $f[$n];
}
 
// Return number of ways to write 'n'
// as sum of odd integers
function countOddWays( $n)
{
    return fib($n);
}
 
    // Driver Code
    $n = 4;
    echo countOddWays($n) , "\n";
    $n = 5;
    echo countOddWays($n);
     
// This code is contributed by anuj_67.
?>

Javascript




<script>
 
// Javascript program to count ways to write
// number as sum of odd integers
 
// Function to calculate n'th Fibonacci number
function fib(n) {
       
    /* Declare an array to store Fibonacci numbers. */
    let f = [];
    let i;
   
    /* 0th and 1st number of the series are 0 and 1*/
    f[0] = 0;
    f[1] = 1;
   
    for (i = 2; i <= n; i++) {
           
    /* Add the previous 2 numbers in the series
        and store it */
    f[i] = f[i - 1] + f[i - 2];
    }
   
    return f[n];
}
   
// Return number of ways to write 'n'
// as sum of odd integers
function countOddWays(n)
{
    return fib(n);
}
     
// Driver code
        let n = 4;
    document.write(countOddWays(n) + "<br/>");
   
    n = 5;
    document.write(countOddWays(n));
     
    // This code is contributed by code_hunt.
</script>

Output:

3
5

Note: The time complexity of the above implementation is O(n). It can be further optimized up-to O(Logn) time using Fibonacci function optimization by Matrix Exponential.
Auxiliary Space: O(n)

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