diff --git a/CombinationSum.java b/CombinationSum.java
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+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+class CombinationSum {
+    List<List<Integer>> result;
+    public List<List<Integer>> combinationSum(int[] candidates, int target) {
+        // recursion - with backtracking
+        result = new ArrayList<>();
+        combineSumHelper(candidates, target, 0, new ArrayList<>());
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    // private void combineSumHelper(int[] candidates, int target, int idx, List<Integer> path)
+    private void combineSumHelper(int[] candidates, int target, int pivot, List<Integer> path)
+    {
+        // // a. recurse + backtrack
+        // // base
+        // if(target == 0)
+        // {
+        //     result.add(new ArrayList<>(path));
+        //     return;
+        // }
+
+        // if(target < 0 || idx == candidates.length)
+        // {
+        //     return;
+        // }
+
+        // // logic
+        // // not choose
+        // // no action here for not choose
+        // //recurse
+        // combineSumHelper(candidates, target, idx+1, path);
+
+        // // choose
+        // // action
+        // path.add(candidates[idx]);
+        // // recurse
+        // combineSumHelper(candidates, target - candidates[idx], idx, path);
+
+        // //backtrack
+        // path.remove(path.size() - 1);
+
+        // b. for loop + recurse + backtrack
+        // base case
+        if(target == 0)
+        {
+            result.add(new ArrayList<>(path));
+            return;
+        }
+        if(target < 0 || pivot == candidates.length)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // logic
+        // action
+        for(int i = pivot; i < candidates.length; i++)
+        {
+        // recurse
+            path.add(candidates[i]);
+            combineSumHelper(candidates, target - candidates[i], i, path);
+        // backtrack
+            path.remove(path.size() - 1);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/ExpressionAddOperators.java b/ExpressionAddOperators.java
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+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;  
+class ExpressionAddOperators {
+    List<String> result;
+    public List<String> addOperators(String num, int target) {
+        result = new ArrayList<>();
+        addOperatorHelper(num, target, 0, new StringBuilder(),  0l, 0l);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private void addOperatorHelper(String num, int target, int pivot, StringBuilder path, long cal, long tail)
+    {
+        // base
+        // we have to iclude all digits
+        if(pivot == num.length())
+        {
+            if(cal == target)
+            {
+                result.add(path.toString());
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // logic
+        // action
+        for(int i = pivot; i < num.length(); i++)
+        {
+            // handle leading 0 cases, and not include them, we dont need '05'
+            if(pivot != i && num.charAt(pivot) == '0') continue;
+            long curr = Long.parseLong(num.substring(pivot, i+1)); // pivot to i, include i - substring
+            int le = path.length();
+            // recurse
+            if(0 == pivot) // no need of operators here - for 1, 12, 123, 1234 cases in first level
+            {
+                path.append(curr);
+                addOperatorHelper(num, target, i+1, path, curr, curr);
+                path.setLength(le);
+            }
+            // backtrack - the operations 
+            else
+            {
+                // +
+                path.append("+").append(curr);
+                addOperatorHelper(num, target, i+1, path, cal+curr, curr);
+                path.setLength(le);
+                // -
+                path.append("-").append(curr);
+                addOperatorHelper(num, target, i+1, path, cal-curr, -curr);
+                path.setLength(le);
+                // *
+                path.append("*").append(curr);
+                addOperatorHelper(num, target, i+1, path, cal - tail + tail * curr, tail*curr);
+                path.setLength(le);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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