Finding all paths down stairs?

Question

I was given the following problem in an interview:

Given a staircase with N steps, you can go up with 1 or 2 steps each time. Output all possible way

Answer 1

Here is a C++ solution. This prints all possible paths for a given number of stairs.

// Utility function to print a Vector of Vectors
void printVecOfVec(vector< vector > vecOfVec)
{
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vecOfVec.size(); i++)
    {
        for (unsigned int j = 0; j < vecOfVec[i].size(); j++)
        {
            cout << vecOfVec[i][j] << " ";
        }
        cout <<  endl;
    }
    cout << endl;
}

// Given a source vector and a number, it appends the number to each source vectors
// and puts the final values in the destination vector
void appendElementToVector(vector< vector  > src,
                           unsigned int num,
                           vector< vector  > &dest)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < src.size(); i++)
    {
        src[i].push_back(num);
        dest.push_back(src[i]);
    }
}

// Ladder Problem
void ladderDynamic(int number)
{
    vector< vector > vecNminusTwo = {{}};
    vector< vector > vecNminusOne = {{1}};
    vector< vector > vecResult;

    for (int i = 2; i <= number; i++)
    {
        // Empty the result vector to hold fresh set
        vecResult.clear();

        // Append '2' to all N-2 ladder positions
        appendElementToVector(vecNminusTwo, 2, vecResult);

        // Append '1' to all N-1 ladder positions
        appendElementToVector(vecNminusOne, 1, vecResult);

        vecNminusTwo = vecNminusOne;
        vecNminusOne = vecResult;
    }

    printVecOfVec(vecResult);
}

int main()
{
    ladderDynamic(6);
    return 0;
}