diff --git a/theory/backtracking/brackets.cpp b/theory/backtracking/brackets.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31b520a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theory/backtracking/brackets.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+void generateBrackets(std::string output, int n, int open, int close, int i) {
+
+    // base case
+    if(i==2*n) {
+        std::cout << output << std::endl;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // open
+    if(open<n) {
+        generateBrackets(output + '(',n,open+1,close,i+1);
+    }
+
+    //closing
+    if(close<open) {
+        generateBrackets(output + ')',n,open,close+1,i+1);
+    }
+
+
+}
+
+
+
+int main(){
+
+    std::string output;
+    int n;
+    std::cin >> n;
+
+    generateBrackets(output, n, 0,0,0);
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/theory/backtracking/findingSubsets.cpp b/theory/backtracking/findingSubsets.cpp
index d7af2f2..3099d31 100644
--- a/theory/backtracking/findingSubsets.cpp
+++ b/theory/backtracking/findingSubsets.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,30 @@ void findSubsets(char *input, char *output, int i, int j) {
 }
 
 
+void substringsBit(std::string s1, int i) {
+
+    int index = 0;
+    while(i != 0) {
+        int last_bit=i&1;
+        if(last_bit)
+            std::cout << s1[index];
+        index++;
+        i = 1>>1;
+    }
+
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+
+}
+
+void generateSubstring(std::string s1) {
+
+    for(int i = 0; i < (1<<s1.length());++i)
+        substringsBit(s1, i);
+    return;
+
+}
+
+
 
 
 int main(){