targetSum.ts

/* 

494. Target Sum
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You are given an integer array nums and an integer target.

You want to build an expression out of nums by adding one of the symbols '+' and '-' before each integer in nums and then concatenate all the integers.

For example, if nums = [2, 1], you can add a '+' before 2 and a '-' before 1 and concatenate them to build the expression "+2-1".
Return the number of different expressions that you can build, which evaluates to target.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,1,1,1,1], target = 3
Output: 5
Explanation: There are 5 ways to assign symbols to make the sum of nums be target 3.
-1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
+1 - 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
+1 + 1 - 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
+1 + 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 = 3
+1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 1 = 3
Example 2:

Input: nums = [1], target = 1
Output: 1
 

Constraints:

1 <= nums.length <= 20
0 <= nums[i] <= 1000
0 <= sum(nums[i]) <= 1000
-1000 <= target <= 1000


*/

const findTargetHelper = (nums: number[], target: number, map: Record<string, number>): number => {
  const key = `${nums.length}__${target}`;

  if (nums.length < 1) {
    if (target === 0) {
      return 1;
    } else {
      return 0;
    }
  }

  if (map[key] !== undefined) {
    return map[key];
  }

  const remainingArr = nums.slice(1);

  const ifNegativeThenWays = findTargetHelper(remainingArr, target - -1 * nums[0], map);
  const ifPositiveThenWays = findTargetHelper(remainingArr, target - nums[0], map);

  const count = ifNegativeThenWays + ifPositiveThenWays;

  map[key] = count;

  return count;
};

function findTargetSumWays(nums: number[], target: number): number {
  const obj = {};
  const count = findTargetHelper(nums, target, obj);
  return count;
}