Staircase problem using recursion in C++

By ARYA CHANDRAKAR

A child is running up a staircase with N steps and can hop either 1, 2 or 3 steps at a time. Implement a method to count how many possible ways the child can run-up up the stairs.

You need to return the number of possible ways W.

Example:

Input: 3
Output: 4

Explanation:

Below are the four ways
1 step + 1 step + 1 step
1 step + 2 step + 
2 step + 1 step
3 step

Code:

#include 
using namespace std;

int helper(int n,int count){
    if(n==0)
    {
    return count+1;
    }
    else if (n<0)
    {
        return count;
    }
   count= helper(n-1,count);
    count=helper(n-2,count);
    count=helper(n-3,count);
}

int staircase(int n){
  
    int temp=0;
    return helper(n,temp);   
}

int main() {
    int n, output;
    cin >> n;
    output=staircase(n);
    cout<< output <<endl;
}