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          December 7, 2020 19:13 
        
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    fun fact, due to using tabulation and how I am not optimizing, this always gives the worst solution to the bestsum problem, if possible
  
        
  
    
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  | const howSum = (goal, nums) => { | |
| const table = new Array(goal + 1).fill(null); | |
| table[0] = []; | |
| // as long as there is a way to make table[i] (null check) | |
| // there will be a way to make table[i] + num | |
| // check bounds | |
| for (let i = 0; i <= goal; i += 1) { | |
| const currentArr = table[i]; | |
| if (currentArr) { | |
| const sum = currentArr.reduce(((cur, total) => cur + total), 0); | |
| for (let currentNum of nums) { | |
| const newSum = sum + currentNum; | |
| const newArr = currentArr.slice(); | |
| newArr.push(currentNum); | |
| if (newSum <= goal) table[newSum] = newArr; | |
| if (newSum === goal) return table[goal]; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return table[goal]; | |
| }; | |
| console.log(howSum(7, [3,4])); | |
| console.log(howSum(7, [3, 4, 5, 7])); //returns 3,4 or 7 | |
| console.log(howSum(7, [2, 4]));// returns null | |
| console.log(howSum(300, [7, 14])); | |
| console.log(howSum(373, [60, 4, 3, 2, 1])); | 
  
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