Count ways to select K array elements lying in a given range

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

Given three positive integers, L, R, K and an array arr[] consisting of N positive integers, the task is to count the number of ways to select at least K array elements from the given array having values in the range [L, R].

Examples:

Input: arr[] = {12, 4, 6, 13, 5, 10}, K = 3, L = 4, R = 10
Output: 5
Explanation:
Possible ways to select at least K(= 3) array elements having values in the range [4, 10] are: { (arr[1], arr[2], arr[4]), (arr[1], arr[2], arr[5]), (arr[1], arr[4], arr[5]), (arr[2], arr[4], arr[5]), (arr[1], arr[2], arr[4], arr[5]) }
Therefore, the required output is 5.

Input: arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, K = 4, L = 1, R = 5
Output: 6

Approach: Follow the steps below to solve the problem:

Initialize a variable, say cntWays, to store the count of ways to select at least K array elements having values lies in the range [L, R].
Initialize a variable, say cntNum to store the count of numbers in the given array whose values lies in the range given range.
Finally, print the sum of all possible value of {cntNum\choose k + i} such that (K + i) is less than or equal to cntNum.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ program to implement
// the above approach

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// Function to calculate factorial
// of all the numbers up to N
vector<int> calculateFactorial(int N)
{
    vector<int> fact(N + 1);

    // Factorial of 0 is 1
    fact[0] = 1;

    // Calculate factorial of
    // all the numbers upto N
    for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {

        // Calculate factorial of i
        fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i;
    }

    return fact;
}

// Function to find the count of ways to select
// at least K elements whose values in range [L, R]
int cntWaysSelection(int arr[], int N, int K,
                     int L, int R)
{

    // Stores count of ways to select at least
    // K elements whose values in range [L, R]
    int cntWays = 0;

    // Stores count of numbers having
    // value lies in the range [L, R]
    int cntNum = 0;

    // Traverse the array
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {

        // Checks if the array elements
        // lie in the given range
        if (arr[i] >= L && arr[i] <= R) {

            // Update cntNum
            cntNum++;
        }
    }

    // Stores factorial of numbers upto N
    vector<int> fact
        = calculateFactorial(cntNum);

    // Calculate total ways to select at least
    // K elements whose values lies in [L, R]
    for (int i = K; i <= cntNum; i++) {

        // Update cntWays
        cntWays += fact[cntNum] / (fact[i]
                                   * fact[cntNum - i]);
    }

    return cntWays;
}

// Driver Code
int main()
{
    int arr[] = { 12, 4, 6, 13, 5, 10 };
    int N = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
    int K = 3;
    int L = 4;
    int R = 10;

    cout << cntWaysSelection(arr, N, K, L, R);
}

Java

// Java program to implement
// the above approach
class GFG{

// Function to calculate factorial
// of all the numbers up to N
static int[] calculateFactorial(int N)
{
    int []fact = new int[N + 1];

    // Factorial of 0 is 1
    fact[0] = 1;

    // Calculate factorial of
    // all the numbers upto N
    for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {

        // Calculate factorial of i
        fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i;
    }

    return fact;
}

// Function to find the count of ways to select
// at least K elements whose values in range [L, R]
static int cntWaysSelection(int arr[], int N, int K,
                     int L, int R)
{

    // Stores count of ways to select at least
    // K elements whose values in range [L, R]
    int cntWays = 0;

    // Stores count of numbers having
    // value lies in the range [L, R]
    int cntNum = 0;

    // Traverse the array
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {

        // Checks if the array elements
        // lie in the given range
        if (arr[i] >= L && arr[i] <= R) {

            // Update cntNum
            cntNum++;
        }
    }

    // Stores factorial of numbers upto N
    int []fact
        = calculateFactorial(cntNum);

    // Calculate total ways to select at least
    // K elements whose values lies in [L, R]
    for (int i = K; i <= cntNum; i++) {

        // Update cntWays
        cntWays += fact[cntNum] / (fact[i]
                                   * fact[cntNum - i]);
    }

    return cntWays;
}

// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    int arr[] = { 12, 4, 6, 13, 5, 10 };
    int N = arr.length;
    int K = 3;
    int L = 4;
    int R = 10;

    System.out.print(cntWaysSelection(arr, N, K, L, R));
}
}

// This code is contributed by Amit Katiyar

Python3

# Python3 program to implement the
# above approach

# Function to calculate factorial 
# of all the numbers up to N
def calculateFactorial(N):

    fact = [0] * (N + 1)

    # Factorial of 0 is 1
    fact[0] = 1

    # Calculate factorial of all
    # the numbers upto N
    for i in range(1, N + 1):

        # Calculate factorial of i
        fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i
        
    return fact

# Function to find count of ways to select
# at least K elements whose values in range[L,R]
def cntWaysSelection(arr, N, K, L, R):
    
    # Stores count of ways to select at leas
    # K elements whose values in range[L,R]
    cntWays = 0

    # Stores count of numbers having
    # Value lies in the range[L,R]
    cntNum = 0

    # Traverse the array
    for i in range(0, N):
        
        # Check if the array elements 
        # Lie in the given range
        if (arr[i] >= L and arr[i] <= R):
            
            # Update cntNum
            cntNum += 1

    # Stores factorial of numbers upto N
    fact = list(calculateFactorial(cntNum))

    # Calculate total ways to select at least
    # K elements whose values Lies in [L,R]
    for i in range(K, cntNum + 1):
        
        # Update cntWays
        cntWays += fact[cntNum] // (fact[i] * 
                                    fact[cntNum - i])
                                    
    return cntWays 

# Driver code
if __name__ == "__main__":
    
    arr = [ 12, 4, 6, 13, 5, 10 ]
    N = len(arr)
    K = 3
    L = 4
    R = 10
    
    print(cntWaysSelection(arr, N, K, L, R))

# This code is contributed by Virusbuddah

// C# program to implement
// the above approach
using System;
 
class GFG{
 
// Function to calculate factorial
// of all the numbers up to N
static int[] calculateFactorial(int N)
{
    int[] fact = new int[(N + 1)];
    
    // Factorial of 0 is 1
    fact[0] = 1;
    
    // Calculate factorial of
    // all the numbers upto N
    for(int i = 1; i <= N; i++) 
    {
        
        // Calculate factorial of i
        fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i;
    }
    return fact;
}
 
// Function to find the count of ways to select
// at least K elements whose values in range [L, R]
static int cntWaysSelection(int[] arr, int N, int K,
                            int L, int R)
{
    
    // Stores count of ways to select at least
    // K elements whose values in range [L, R]
    int cntWays = 0;
    
    // Stores count of numbers having
    // value lies in the range [L, R]
    int cntNum = 0;
    
    // Traverse the array
    for(int i = 0; i < N; i++)
    {
        
        // Checks if the array elements
        // lie in the given range
        if (arr[i] >= L && arr[i] <= R) 
        {
            
            // Update cntNum
            cntNum++;
        }
    }
 
    // Stores factorial of numbers upto N
    int[] fact = calculateFactorial(cntNum);
 
    // Calculate total ways to select at least
    // K elements whose values lies in [L, R]
    for(int i = K; i <= cntNum; i++) 
    {
        
        // Update cntWays
        cntWays += fact[cntNum] / (fact[i] * 
                   fact[cntNum - i]);
    }
    return cntWays;
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main() 
{
    int[] arr = { 12, 4, 6, 13, 5, 10 };
    int N = arr.Length;
    int K = 3;
    int L = 4;
    int R = 10;
    
    Console.WriteLine(cntWaysSelection(
        arr, N, K, L, R));
}
}

// This code is contributed by code_hunt

JavaScript

<script>

// Javascript program to implement
// the above approach

// Function to calculate factorial
// of all the numbers up to N
function calculateFactorial(N)
{
    var fact = Array(N + 1);

    // Factorial of 0 is 1
    fact[0] = 1;

    // Calculate factorial of
    // all the numbers upto N
    for (var i = 1; i <= N; i++) {

        // Calculate factorial of i
        fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i;
    }

    return fact;
}

// Function to find the count of ways to select
// at least K elements whose values in range [L, R]
function cntWaysSelection(arr, N, K, L, R)
{

    // Stores count of ways to select at least
    // K elements whose values in range [L, R]
    var cntWays = 0;

    // Stores count of numbers having
    // value lies in the range [L, R]
    var cntNum = 0;

    // Traverse the array
    for (var i = 0; i < N; i++) {

        // Checks if the array elements
        // lie in the given range
        if (arr[i] >= L && arr[i] <= R) {

            // Update cntNum
            cntNum++;
        }
    }

    // Stores factorial of numbers upto N
    var fact = calculateFactorial(cntNum);

    // Calculate total ways to select at least
    // K elements whose values lies in [L, R]
    for (var i = K; i <= cntNum; i++) {

        // Update cntWays
        cntWays += fact[cntNum] / (fact[i]
                                   * fact[cntNum - i]);
    }

    return cntWays;
}

// Driver Code
var arr = [ 12, 4, 6, 13, 5, 10 ];
var N = arr.length;
var K = 3;
var L = 4;
var R = 10;
document.write( cntWaysSelection(arr, N, K, L, R));

</script>

Output:

Time Complexity: O(N)
Auxiliary Space: O(N)

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