Number of distinct subsets of a set

Last Updated : 02 Aug, 2022

Given an array of n distinct elements, count total number of subsets.

Examples:

Input : {1, 2, 3}
Output : 8
Explanation:
the array contain total 3 element.its subset 
are {}, {1}, {2}, {3}, {1, 2}, {2, 3}, {3, 1}, {1, 2, 3}.
so the output is 8..

We know number of subsets of set of size n is 2ⁿ

How does this formula work?
For every element, we have two choices, we either pick it or do not pick it. So in total we have 2 * 2 * ... (n times) choices which is 2ⁿ
Alternate explanation is :

Number of subsets of size 0 = ⁿC₀
Number of subsets of size 1 = ⁿC₁
Number of subsets of size 2 = ⁿC₂
....................
Total number of subsets = ⁿC₀ + ⁿC₁ + ⁿC₂ + .... + ⁿC_n = 2ⁿ

Please refer Sum of Binomial Coefficients for details.

Implementation:

C++

// CPP program to count number of distinct
// subsets in an array of distinct numbers
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// Returns 2 ^ n
int subsetCount(int arr[], int n)
{
    return 1 << n;
}

/* Driver program to test above function */
int main()
{
    int A[] = { 1, 2, 3 };
    int n = sizeof(A) / sizeof(A[0]);

    cout << subsetCount(A, n);
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to count number of distinct
// subsets in an array of distinct numbers

class GFG {
    
    // Returns 2 ^ n
    static int subsetCount(int arr[], int n)
    {
        return 1 << n;
    }
    
    /* Driver program to test above function */
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        int A[] = { 1, 2, 3 };
        int n = A.length;
    
        System.out.println(subsetCount(A, n));
    }
}

// This code is contributed by Prerna Saini.

Python3

# Python3 program to count number 
# of distinct subsets in an
# array of distinct numbers
import math

# Returns 2 ^ n
def subsetCount(arr, n):

    return 1 << n
    
# driver code 
A = [ 1, 2, 3 ]
n = len(A)
print(subsetCount(A, n))

# This code is contributed by Gitanjali.

// C# program to count number of distinct
// subsets in an array of distinct numbers
using System;

class GFG {
    
    // Returns 2 ^ n
    static int subsetCount(int []arr, int n)
    {
        return 1 << n;
    }
    
    // Driver program 
    public static void Main()
    {
        int []A = { 1, 2, 3 };
        int n = A.Length;
    
        Console.WriteLine(subsetCount(A, n));
    }
}

// This code is contributed by vt_m.

PHP

<?php
// PHP program to count 
// number of distinct
// subsets in an array 
// of distinct numbers

// Returns 2 ^ n
function subsetCount($arr, $n)
{
    return 1 << $n;
}

// Driver Code
$A = array( 1, 2, 3 );
$n = sizeof($A);
echo(subsetCount($A, $n));

// This code is contributed by Ajit.
?>

JavaScript

<script>

// JavaScript  program to count number of distinct
// subsets in an array of distinct numbers

// Returns 2 ^ n
    function subsetCount(arr, n)
    {
        return 1 << n;
    }
 
// Driver code

       
       let A = [ 1, 2, 3 ];
        let n = A.length;
      
        document.write(subsetCount(A, n));

</script>

Output:

Number of distinct subsets of a set

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