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+# problem 1 
+# https://leetcode.com/problems/subsets/
+
+class Solution:
+    def subsets(self, nums: List[int]) -> List[List[int]]:
+        self.final_arr = []
+        self.nums = nums
+        self.path = []
+        self.helper(0)
+        return self.final_arr
+
+
+    def helper(self,i):
+        if i == len(self.nums):
+            self.final_arr.append(self.path.copy())
+            return 
+        self.helper(i+1)
+        self.path.append(self.nums[i])
+        self.helper(i+1)
+        self.path.pop()
diff --git a/problem2.py b/problem2.py
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+# problem 2
+
+# https://leetcode.com/problems/palindrome-partitioning/
+class Solution:
+    def partition(self, s: str) -> List[List[str]]:
+        self.final_arr = []
+        self.helper(s,0,[])
+        return self.final_arr 
+
+    def helper(self,s,pivot,path):
+        if pivot == len(s):
+            self.final_arr.append(list(path))
+            return  
+        for i in range(pivot,len(s)):
+            sub_str = s[pivot:i+1]
+            if self.isPalindrome(sub_str):
+                path.append(sub_str)
+                self.helper(s,i+1,path)
+                path.pop()
+
+    def isPalindrome(self,ip_str):
+        i = 0 
+        j = len(ip_str)-1
+        while(i<j):
+            if ip_str[i] != ip_str[j]:
+                return False 
+            i+=1
+            j-=1
+        return True
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