Generating all possible Subsequences using Recursion

Given an array. The task is to generate and print all of the possible subsequences of the given array using recursion.

Examples:

Input : [1, 2, 3]
Output : [3], [2], [2, 3], [1], [1, 3], [1, 2], [1, 2, 3]

Input : [1, 2]
Output : [2], [1], [1, 2]

Approach: For every element in the array, there are two choices, either to include it in the subsequence or not include it. Apply this for every element in the array starting from index 0 until we reach the last index. Print the subsequence once the last index is reached.

Below diagram shows the recursion tree for array, arr[] = {1, 2}.

Below is the implementation of the above approach.

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# Python3 code to print all possible 
# subsequences for given array using 
# recursion
  
# Recursive function to print all
# possible subsequences for given array
def printSubsequences(arr, index, subarr):
      
    # Print the subsequence when reach 
    # the leaf of recursion tree
    if index == len(arr):
          
        # Condition to avoid printing
        # empty subsequence
        if len(subarr) != 0:
            print(subarr)
      
    else:
        # Subsequence without including 
        # the element at current index
        printSubsequences(arr, index + 1, subarr)
          
        # Subsequence including the element
        # at current index
        printSubsequences(arr, index + 1, \
                            subarr+[arr[index]])
      
    return
          
arr = [1, 2, 3]
  
printSubsequences(arr, 0, [])

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Output:


[3]
[2]
[2, 3]
[1]
[1, 3]
[1, 2]
[1, 2, 3]





Time Complexity: O(2^n)



          
          
          
          

            

    

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