LeetCode 40, Medium. Topics: Array, Backtracking. View on LeetCode.
Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 14 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:
Problem
Given a collection of candidate numbers (candidates) and a target number (target), find all unique combinations in candidates where the candidate numbers sum to target.
Each number in candidates may only be used once in the combination.
Note: The solution set must not contain duplicate combinations.
Examples
Constraints
- 1 <= candidates.length <= 100
- 1 <= candidates[i] <= 50
- 1 <= target <= 30
Solution
Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:
Complexity
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