package backtracking; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; /** * Created by gouthamvidyapradhan on 14/03/2017. Given a collection of integers that might contain duplicates, nums, return all possible subsets. Note: The solution set must not contain duplicate subsets. For example, If nums = [1,2,2], a solution is: [ [2], [1], [1,2,2], [2,2], [1,2], [] ] */ public class SubsetsII { /** * Main method * @param args * @throws Exception */ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { int[] n = {1, 2, 3}; List> result = new SubsetsII().subsetsWithDup(n); } public List> subsetsWithDup(int[] nums) { List> result = new ArrayList<>(); result.add(new ArrayList<>()); //empty subset int start = 0, newStart = 0; Arrays.sort(nums); for(int i = 0, l = nums.length; i < l; i ++) { newStart = result.size(); if(i == 0 || nums[i] != nums[i - 1]) { start = 0; } for(int j = start, resLen = result.size(); j < resLen; j++) { List newList = new ArrayList<>(result.get(j)); newList.add(nums[i]); result.add(newList); } start = newStart; } return result; } }