How to optimally divide an array into two subarrays so that sum of elements in both are same, otherwise give an error?

Question

How to optimally divide an array into two subarrays so that sum of elements in both subarrays is same, otherwise give an error?

Example 1

Given the array

Answer 1

very simple solution with recursion

public boolean splitArray(int[] nums){
            return arrCheck(0, nums, 0);
        }

public boolean arrCheck(int start, int[] nums, int tot){
            if(start >= nums.length) return tot == 0;
            if(arrCheck(start+1, nums, tot+nums[start])) return true;
            if(arrCheck(start+1, nums, tot-nums[start])) return true;
            return false;
        }