The n-queens puzzle is the problem of placing n queens on an n×n chessboard such that no two queens attack each other.
Given an integer n, return all distinct solutions to the n-queens puzzle.
Each solution contains a distinct board configuration of the n-queens' placement, where
'Q'
and
'.'
both indicate a queen and an empty space respectively.
For example,
There exist two distinct solutions to the 4-queens puzzle:
[
[".Q..", // Solution 1
"...Q",
"Q...",
"..Q."],
["..Q.", // Solution 2
"Q...",
"...Q",
".Q.."]
]
Analysis:
The classic recursive problem.
1. Use a int vector to store the current state, A[i]=j refers that the ith row and jth column is placed a queen.
2. Valid state: not in the same column, which is A[i]!=A[current], not in the same diagonal direction: abs(A[i]-A[current]) != r-i
3. Recursion:
Start: placeQueen(0,n)
if current ==n then print result
else
for each place less than n,
place queen
if current state is valid, then place next queen place Queen(cur+1,n)
end for
end if
Java
public class Solution {
List<String[]> result;
int[] A;
public List<String[]> solveNQueens(int n) {
result = new ArrayList<String[]>();
A = new int[n];
nqueens(0, n);
return result;
}
public void nqueens(int cur, int n){
if(cur==n) printres(n);
else {
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
A[cur] = i;
if(valid(cur)){
nqueens(cur+1, n);
}
}
}
}
public void printres(int n){
String[] tem = new String[n];
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
StringBuffer sBuffer = new StringBuffer();
for(int j=0;j<n;j++){
if(j==A[i]) sBuffer.append('Q');
else sBuffer.append('.');
}
tem[i] = sBuffer.toString();
}
result.add(tem);
}
public boolean valid(int r){
for(int i=0;i<r;i++){
if(A[i]==A[r]|| Math.abs(A[i]-A[r])==r-i){
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}
c++
class Solution {
public:
void printQueen(vector<int> &A,int n,vector<vector<string>> &result){
vector<string> r;
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
string str(n,'.');
str[A[i]] = 'Q';
r.push_back(str);
}
result.push_back(r);
}
bool isValidQueens(vector<int>A,int r){
for(int i=0;i<r;i++){
if((A[i]==A[r])||(abs(A[i]-A[r]))==(r-i))
return false;
}
return true;
}
void nqueens(vector<int> A,int cur, int n,vector<vector<string>> &result){
if(cur == n){
printQueen(A,n,result);
}else{
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
A[cur] = i;
if(isValidQueens(A,cur))
nqueens(A,cur+1,n,result);
}
}
}
vector<vector<string> > solveNQueens(int n) {
vector<vector<string>> result;
result.clear();
vector<int> A(n,-1);
nqueens(A,0,n,result);
return result;
}
};