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Given an integer N, the task is to print all the possible ways in which N can be written as the sum of two or more positive integers.
Examples: 
 

Input: N = 4 
Output: 
1 1 1 1 
1 1 2 
1 3 
2 2 
Input: N = 3 
Output: 
1 1 1 
1 2 
 

 

Approach: The idea is to use recursion to solve this problem. The idea is to consider every integer from 1 to N such that the sum N can be reduced by this number at each recursive call and if at any recursive call N reduces to zero then we will print the answer stored in the vector. Below are the steps for recursion: 
 

  1. Get the number N whose sum has to be broken into two or more positive integers.
  2. Recursively iterate from value 1 to N as index i:
  • Base Case: If the value called recursively is 0, then print the current vector as this is one of the ways to broke N into two or more positive integers. 
     
if (n == 0)
    printVector(arr);
  • Recursive Call: If the base case is not met, then Recursively iterate from [i, N – i]. Push the current element j into vector(say arr) and recursively iterate for the next index and after this recursion ends then pop the element j inserted previously: 
     
for j in range[i, N]:
    arr.push_back(j);
    recursive_function(arr, j + 1, N - j);
    arr.pop_back(j);   

Below is the implementation of the above approach:
 

C++




// C++ program for the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to print the values stored
// in vector arr
void printVector(vector<int>& arr)
{
    if (arr.size() != 1) {
 
        // Traverse the vector arr
        for (int i = 0; i < arr.size(); i++) {
            cout << arr[i] << " ";
        }
        cout << endl;
    }
}
 
// Recursive function to print different
// ways in which N can be written as
// a sum of at 2 or more positive integers
void findWays(vector<int>& arr, int i, int n)
{
    // If n is zero then print this
    // ways of breaking numbers
    if (n == 0)
        printVector(arr);
 
    // Start from previous element
    // in the representation till n
    for (int j = i; j <= n; j++) {
 
        // Include current element
        // from representation
        arr.push_back(j);
 
        // Call function again
        // with reduced sum
        findWays(arr, j, n - j);
 
        // Backtrack to remove current
        // element from representation
        arr.pop_back();
    }
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    // Given sum N
    int n = 4;
 
    // To store the representation
    // of breaking N
    vector<int> arr;
 
    // Function Call
    findWays(arr, 1, n);
 
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program for the above approach
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG{
 
// Function to print the values stored
// in vector arr
static void printVector(ArrayList<Integer> arr)
{
    if (arr.size() != 1)
    {
         
        // Traverse the vector arr
        for(int i = 0; i < arr.size(); i++)
        {
            System.out.print(arr.get(i) + " ");
        }
        System.out.println();
    }
}
 
// Recursive function to print different
// ways in which N can be written as
// a sum of at 2 or more positive integers
static void findWays(ArrayList<Integer> arr,
                     int i, int n)
{
     
    // If n is zero then print this
    // ways of breaking numbers
    if (n == 0)
        printVector(arr);
 
    // Start from previous element
    // in the representation till n
    for(int j = i; j <= n; j++)
    {
         
        // Include current element
        // from representation
        arr.add(j);
 
        // Call function again
        // with reduced sum
        findWays(arr, j, n - j);
 
        // Backtrack to remove current
        // element from representation
        arr.remove(arr.size() - 1);
    }
}
 
// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
     
    // Given sum N
    int n = 4;
     
    // To store the representation
    // of breaking N
    ArrayList<Integer> arr = new ArrayList<Integer>();
     
    // Function call
    findWays(arr, 1, n);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by offbeat


Python3




# Python3 program for the above approach
 
# Function to print the values stored
# in vector arr
def printVector(arr):
 
    if (len(arr) != 1):
 
        # Traverse the vector arr
        for i in range(len(arr)):
            print(arr[i], end = " ")
        print()   
 
# Recursive function to print different
# ways in which N can be written as
# a sum of at 2 or more positive integers
def findWays(arr, i, n):
 
    # If n is zero then print this
    # ways of breaking numbers
    if (n == 0):
        printVector(arr)
 
    # Start from previous element
    # in the representation till n
    for j in range(i, n + 1):
 
        # Include current element
        # from representation
        arr.append(j)
 
        # Call function again
        # with reduced sum
        findWays(arr, j, n - j)
 
        # Backtrack to remove current
        # element from representation
        del arr[-1]
         
# Driver Code
if __name__ == '__main__':
 
    # Given sum N
    n = 4
 
    # To store the representation
    # of breaking N
    arr = []
 
    # Function Call
    findWays(arr, 1, n)
 
# This code is contributed by mohit kumar 29


C#




// C# program for the above approach
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
 
class GFG{
 
// Function to print the values stored
// in vector arr
static void printList(List<int> arr)
{
    if (arr.Count != 1)
    {
         
        // Traverse the vector arr
        for(int i = 0; i < arr.Count; i++)
        {
            Console.Write(arr[i] + " ");
        }
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}
 
// Recursive function to print different
// ways in which N can be written as
// a sum of at 2 or more positive integers
static void findWays(List<int> arr,
                     int i, int n)
{
     
    // If n is zero then print this
    // ways of breaking numbers
    if (n == 0)
        printList(arr);
 
    // Start from previous element
    // in the representation till n
    for(int j = i; j <= n; j++)
    {
         
        // Include current element
        // from representation
        arr.Add(j);
 
        // Call function again
        // with reduced sum
        findWays(arr, j, n - j);
 
        // Backtrack to remove current
        // element from representation
        arr.RemoveAt(arr.Count - 1);
    }
}
 
// Driver code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
     
    // Given sum N
    int n = 4;
     
    // To store the representation
    // of breaking N
    List<int> arr = new List<int>();
     
    // Function call
    findWays(arr, 1, n);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar


Javascript




<script>
 
// Javascript program for the above approach
 
// Function to print the values stored
// in vector arr
function printVector(arr)
{
    if (arr.length != 1) {
 
        // Traverse the vector arr
        for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
            document.write( arr[i] + " ");
        }
        document.write("<br>");
    }
}
 
// Recursive function to print different
// ways in which N can be written as
// a sum of at 2 or more positive integers
function findWays(arr, i, n)
{
    // If n is zero then print this
    // ways of breaking numbers
    if (n == 0)
        printVector(arr);
 
    // Start from previous element
    // in the representation till n
    for (var j = i; j <= n; j++) {
 
        // Include current element
        // from representation
        arr.push(j);
 
        // Call function again
        // with reduced sum
        findWays(arr, j, n - j);
 
        // Backtrack to remove current
        // element from representation
        arr.pop();
    }
}
 
// Driver Code
// Given sum N
var n = 4;
// To store the representation
// of breaking N
var arr = [];
// Function Call
findWays(arr, 1, n);
 
</script>


Output: 

1 1 1 1 
1 1 2 
1 3 
2 2

 

Time Complexity: O(2N
Auxiliary Space: O(N2)
 



Last Updated : 02 Feb, 2022
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