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<p>According to the rules of chess, a queen can attack pieces that share the same row, column, or diagonal line. Given <span class="arithmatex">\(n\)</span> queens and an <span class="arithmatex">\(n \times n\)</span> chessboard, find a placement scheme such that no two queens can attack each other.</p>
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<p>As shown in Figure 13-15, when <span class="arithmatex">\(n = 4\)</span>, there are two solutions that can be found. From the perspective of the backtracking algorithm, an <span class="arithmatex">\(n \times n\)</span> chessboard has <span class="arithmatex">\(n^2\)</span> squares, which provide all the choices <code>choices</code>. During the process of placing queens one by one, the chessboard state changes continuously, and the chessboard at each moment represents the state <code>state</code>.</p>
<p><a class="glightbox" href="../n_queens_problem.assets/solution_4_queens.png" data-type="image" data-width="100%" data-height="auto" data-desc-position="bottom"><img alt="Solution to the 4-queens problem" class="animation-figure" src="../n_queens_problem.assets/solution_4_queens.png" /></a></p>
<p align="center"> Figure 13-15 &nbsp; Solution to the 4-queens problem </p>
<p>Figure 13-16 illustrates the three constraints of this problem: <strong>multiple queens cannot be in the same row, the same column, or on the same diagonal</strong>. It is worth noting that diagonals are divided into two types: the main diagonal <code>\</code> and the anti-diagonal <code>/</code>.</p>
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<p align="center"> Figure 13-16 &nbsp; Constraints of the n-queens problem </p>
<h3 id="1-row-by-row-placement-strategy">1. &nbsp; Row-By-Row Placement Strategy<a class="headerlink" href="#1-row-by-row-placement-strategy" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Since both the number of queens and the number of rows on the chessboard are <span class="arithmatex">\(n\)</span>, we can easily derive a conclusion: <strong>each row of the chessboard allows and only allows exactly one queen to be placed</strong>.</p>
<p>This means we can adopt a row-by-row placement strategy: starting from the first row, place one queen in each row until the last row is completed.</p>
<p>Figure 13-17 shows the row-by-row placement process for the 4-queens problem. Due to space limitations, the figure only expands one search branch of the first row, and all schemes that do not satisfy the column constraint and diagonal constraints are pruned.</p>
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<p align="center"> Figure 13-17 &nbsp; Row-by-row placement strategy </p>
<p>Essentially, <strong>the row-by-row placement strategy serves a pruning function</strong>, as it avoids all search branches where multiple queens appear in the same row.</p>
<h3 id="2-column-and-diagonal-pruning">2. &nbsp; Column and Diagonal Pruning<a class="headerlink" href="#2-column-and-diagonal-pruning" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>To satisfy the column constraint, we can use a boolean array <code>cols</code> of length <span class="arithmatex">\(n\)</span> to record whether each column has a queen. Before each placement decision, we use <code>cols</code> to prune columns that already have queens, and dynamically update the state of <code>cols</code> during backtracking.</p>
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<p>Please note that the origin of the matrix is located in the upper-left corner, where the row index increases from top to bottom, and the column index increases from left to right.</p>
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<p>So how do we handle diagonal constraints? Consider a square on the chessboard with row and column indices <span class="arithmatex">\((row, col)\)</span>. If we select a specific main diagonal in the matrix, we find that all squares on that diagonal have the same difference between their row and column indices, <strong>meaning that <span class="arithmatex">\(row - col\)</span> is a constant value for all squares on the main diagonal</strong>.</p>
<p>In other words, if two squares satisfy <span class="arithmatex">\(row_1 - col_1 = row_2 - col_2\)</span>, they must be on the same main diagonal. Using this pattern, we can use the array <code>diags1</code> shown in Figure 13-18 to record whether there is a queen on each main diagonal.</p>
<p>Similarly, <strong>for all squares on an anti-diagonal, the sum <span class="arithmatex">\(row + col\)</span> is a constant value</strong>. We can likewise use the array <code>diags2</code> to handle anti-diagonal constraints.</p>
<p><a class="glightbox" href="../n_queens_problem.assets/n_queens_cols_diagonals.png" data-type="image" data-width="100%" data-height="auto" data-desc-position="bottom"><img alt="Handling column and diagonal constraints" class="animation-figure" src="../n_queens_problem.assets/n_queens_cols_diagonals.png" /></a></p>
<p align="center"> Figure 13-18 &nbsp; Handling column and diagonal constraints </p>
<h3 id="3-code-implementation">3. &nbsp; Code Implementation<a class="headerlink" href="#3-code-implementation" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Please note that in an <span class="arithmatex">\(n\)</span>-dimensional square matrix, the range of <span class="arithmatex">\(row - col\)</span> is <span class="arithmatex">\([-n + 1, n - 1]\)</span>, and the range of <span class="arithmatex">\(row + col\)</span> is <span class="arithmatex">\([0, 2n - 2]\)</span>. Therefore, the number of both main diagonals and anti-diagonals is <span class="arithmatex">\(2n - 1\)</span>, meaning the length of both arrays <code>diags1</code> and <code>diags2</code> is <span class="arithmatex">\(2n - 1\)</span>.</p>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">n_queens.py</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-0-1" name="__codelineno-0-1" href="#__codelineno-0-1"></a><span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-2" name="__codelineno-0-2" href="#__codelineno-0-2"></a> <span class="n">row</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-3" name="__codelineno-0-3" href="#__codelineno-0-3"></a> <span class="n">n</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-4" name="__codelineno-0-4" href="#__codelineno-0-4"></a> <span class="n">state</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">]],</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-5" name="__codelineno-0-5" href="#__codelineno-0-5"></a> <span class="n">res</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">]]],</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-6" name="__codelineno-0-6" href="#__codelineno-0-6"></a> <span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">bool</span><span class="p">],</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-7" name="__codelineno-0-7" href="#__codelineno-0-7"></a> <span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">bool</span><span class="p">],</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-8" name="__codelineno-0-8" href="#__codelineno-0-8"></a> <span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">bool</span><span class="p">],</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-9" name="__codelineno-0-9" href="#__codelineno-0-9"></a><span class="p">):</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-10" name="__codelineno-0-10" href="#__codelineno-0-10"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Backtracking algorithm: N queens&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-11" name="__codelineno-0-11" href="#__codelineno-0-11"></a> <span class="c1"># When all rows are placed, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-12" name="__codelineno-0-12" href="#__codelineno-0-12"></a> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">row</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="n">n</span><span class="p">:</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-13" name="__codelineno-0-13" href="#__codelineno-0-13"></a> <span class="n">res</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">append</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">row</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">state</span><span class="p">])</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-14" name="__codelineno-0-14" href="#__codelineno-0-14"></a> <span class="k">return</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-15" name="__codelineno-0-15" href="#__codelineno-0-15"></a> <span class="c1"># Traverse all columns</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-16" name="__codelineno-0-16" href="#__codelineno-0-16"></a> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">col</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">):</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-17" name="__codelineno-0-17" href="#__codelineno-0-17"></a> <span class="c1"># Calculate the main diagonal and anti-diagonal corresponding to this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-18" name="__codelineno-0-18" href="#__codelineno-0-18"></a> <span class="n">diag1</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">row</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="n">col</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">n</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-19" name="__codelineno-0-19" href="#__codelineno-0-19"></a> <span class="n">diag2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">row</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">col</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-20" name="__codelineno-0-20" href="#__codelineno-0-20"></a> <span class="c1"># Pruning: do not allow queens to exist in the column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-21" name="__codelineno-0-21" href="#__codelineno-0-21"></a> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]:</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-22" name="__codelineno-0-22" href="#__codelineno-0-22"></a> <span class="c1"># Attempt: place the queen in this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-23" name="__codelineno-0-23" href="#__codelineno-0-23"></a> <span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Q&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-24" name="__codelineno-0-24" href="#__codelineno-0-24"></a> <span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-25" name="__codelineno-0-25" href="#__codelineno-0-25"></a> <span class="c1"># Place the next row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-26" name="__codelineno-0-26" href="#__codelineno-0-26"></a> <span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-27" name="__codelineno-0-27" href="#__codelineno-0-27"></a> <span class="c1"># Backtrack: restore this cell to an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-28" name="__codelineno-0-28" href="#__codelineno-0-28"></a> <span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;#&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-29" name="__codelineno-0-29" href="#__codelineno-0-29"></a> <span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">False</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-30" name="__codelineno-0-30" href="#__codelineno-0-30"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-0-31" name="__codelineno-0-31" href="#__codelineno-0-31"></a><span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">n_queens</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">]]]:</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-32" name="__codelineno-0-32" href="#__codelineno-0-32"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Solve N queens&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-33" name="__codelineno-0-33" href="#__codelineno-0-33"></a> <span class="c1"># Initialize an n*n chessboard, where &#39;Q&#39; represents a queen and &#39;#&#39; represents an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-34" name="__codelineno-0-34" href="#__codelineno-0-34"></a> <span class="n">state</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[[</span><span class="s2">&quot;#&quot;</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">_</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)]</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">_</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)]</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-35" name="__codelineno-0-35" href="#__codelineno-0-35"></a> <span class="n">cols</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">n</span> <span class="c1"># Record whether there is a queen in the column</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-36" name="__codelineno-0-36" href="#__codelineno-0-36"></a> <span class="n">diags1</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">2</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">n</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Record whether there is a queen on the main diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-37" name="__codelineno-0-37" href="#__codelineno-0-37"></a> <span class="n">diags2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">2</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">n</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Record whether there is a queen on the anti-diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-38" name="__codelineno-0-38" href="#__codelineno-0-38"></a> <span class="n">res</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[]</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-39" name="__codelineno-0-39" href="#__codelineno-0-39"></a> <span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-0-40" name="__codelineno-0-40" href="#__codelineno-0-40"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-0-41" name="__codelineno-0-41" href="#__codelineno-0-41"></a> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">res</span>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">n_queens.cpp</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-1-1" name="__codelineno-1-1" href="#__codelineno-1-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-2" name="__codelineno-1-2" href="#__codelineno-1-2"></a><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">string</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">string</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-3" name="__codelineno-1-3" href="#__codelineno-1-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-4" name="__codelineno-1-4" href="#__codelineno-1-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When all rows are placed, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-5" name="__codelineno-1-5" href="#__codelineno-1-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-6" name="__codelineno-1-6" href="#__codelineno-1-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">push_back</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-7" name="__codelineno-1-7" href="#__codelineno-1-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-8" name="__codelineno-1-8" href="#__codelineno-1-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-9" name="__codelineno-1-9" href="#__codelineno-1-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all columns</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-10" name="__codelineno-1-10" href="#__codelineno-1-10"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-11" name="__codelineno-1-11" href="#__codelineno-1-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Calculate the main diagonal and anti-diagonal corresponding to this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-12" name="__codelineno-1-12" href="#__codelineno-1-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-13" name="__codelineno-1-13" href="#__codelineno-1-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-14" name="__codelineno-1-14" href="#__codelineno-1-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow queens to exist in the column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-15" name="__codelineno-1-15" href="#__codelineno-1-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">])</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-16" name="__codelineno-1-16" href="#__codelineno-1-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: place the queen in this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-17" name="__codelineno-1-17" href="#__codelineno-1-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;Q&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-18" name="__codelineno-1-18" href="#__codelineno-1-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-19" name="__codelineno-1-19" href="#__codelineno-1-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Place the next row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-20" name="__codelineno-1-20" href="#__codelineno-1-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-21" name="__codelineno-1-21" href="#__codelineno-1-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Backtrack: restore this cell to an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-22" name="__codelineno-1-22" href="#__codelineno-1-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-23" name="__codelineno-1-23" href="#__codelineno-1-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-24" name="__codelineno-1-24" href="#__codelineno-1-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-25" name="__codelineno-1-25" href="#__codelineno-1-25"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-26" name="__codelineno-1-26" href="#__codelineno-1-26"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-27" name="__codelineno-1-27" href="#__codelineno-1-27"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-1-28" name="__codelineno-1-28" href="#__codelineno-1-28"></a><span class="cm">/* Solve N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-29" name="__codelineno-1-29" href="#__codelineno-1-29"></a><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">string</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nQueens</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-30" name="__codelineno-1-30" href="#__codelineno-1-30"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Initialize an n*n chessboard, where &#39;Q&#39; represents a queen and &#39;#&#39; represents an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-31" name="__codelineno-1-31" href="#__codelineno-1-31"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">string</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">string</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span><span class="p">));</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-32" name="__codelineno-1-32" href="#__codelineno-1-32"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">false</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen in the column</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-33" name="__codelineno-1-33" href="#__codelineno-1-33"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">false</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the main diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-34" name="__codelineno-1-34" href="#__codelineno-1-34"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">false</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the anti-diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-35" name="__codelineno-1-35" href="#__codelineno-1-35"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">vector</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">string</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-36" name="__codelineno-1-36" href="#__codelineno-1-36"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-1-37" name="__codelineno-1-37" href="#__codelineno-1-37"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-38" name="__codelineno-1-38" href="#__codelineno-1-38"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-1-39" name="__codelineno-1-39" href="#__codelineno-1-39"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-1-40" name="__codelineno-1-40" href="#__codelineno-1-40"></a><span class="p">}</span>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">n_queens.java</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-2-1" name="__codelineno-2-1" href="#__codelineno-2-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-2" name="__codelineno-2-2" href="#__codelineno-2-2"></a><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-3" name="__codelineno-2-3" href="#__codelineno-2-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="o">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="o">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="o">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-4" name="__codelineno-2-4" href="#__codelineno-2-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When all rows are placed, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-5" name="__codelineno-2-5" href="#__codelineno-2-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-6" name="__codelineno-2-6" href="#__codelineno-2-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">copyState</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;&gt;</span><span class="p">();</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-7" name="__codelineno-2-7" href="#__codelineno-2-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">sRow</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-8" name="__codelineno-2-8" href="#__codelineno-2-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">copyState</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;&gt;</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sRow</span><span class="p">));</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-9" name="__codelineno-2-9" href="#__codelineno-2-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-10" name="__codelineno-2-10" href="#__codelineno-2-10"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">copyState</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-11" name="__codelineno-2-11" href="#__codelineno-2-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-12" name="__codelineno-2-12" href="#__codelineno-2-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-13" name="__codelineno-2-13" href="#__codelineno-2-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all columns</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-14" name="__codelineno-2-14" href="#__codelineno-2-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-15" name="__codelineno-2-15" href="#__codelineno-2-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Calculate the main diagonal and anti-diagonal corresponding to this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-16" name="__codelineno-2-16" href="#__codelineno-2-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-17" name="__codelineno-2-17" href="#__codelineno-2-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-18" name="__codelineno-2-18" href="#__codelineno-2-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow queens to exist in the column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-19" name="__codelineno-2-19" href="#__codelineno-2-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-20" name="__codelineno-2-20" href="#__codelineno-2-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: place the queen in this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-21" name="__codelineno-2-21" href="#__codelineno-2-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">get</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="na">set</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;Q&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-22" name="__codelineno-2-22" href="#__codelineno-2-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-23" name="__codelineno-2-23" href="#__codelineno-2-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Place the next row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-24" name="__codelineno-2-24" href="#__codelineno-2-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-25" name="__codelineno-2-25" href="#__codelineno-2-25"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Backtrack: restore this cell to an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-26" name="__codelineno-2-26" href="#__codelineno-2-26"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">get</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="na">set</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-27" name="__codelineno-2-27" href="#__codelineno-2-27"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-28" name="__codelineno-2-28" href="#__codelineno-2-28"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-29" name="__codelineno-2-29" href="#__codelineno-2-29"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-30" name="__codelineno-2-30" href="#__codelineno-2-30"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-31" name="__codelineno-2-31" href="#__codelineno-2-31"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-2-32" name="__codelineno-2-32" href="#__codelineno-2-32"></a><span class="cm">/* Solve N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-33" name="__codelineno-2-33" href="#__codelineno-2-33"></a><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">nQueens</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-34" name="__codelineno-2-34" href="#__codelineno-2-34"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Initialize an n*n chessboard, where &#39;Q&#39; represents a queen and &#39;#&#39; represents an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-35" name="__codelineno-2-35" href="#__codelineno-2-35"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;&gt;</span><span class="p">();</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-36" name="__codelineno-2-36" href="#__codelineno-2-36"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-37" name="__codelineno-2-37" href="#__codelineno-2-37"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;&gt;</span><span class="p">();</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-38" name="__codelineno-2-38" href="#__codelineno-2-38"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">j</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">j</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">j</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-39" name="__codelineno-2-39" href="#__codelineno-2-39"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-40" name="__codelineno-2-40" href="#__codelineno-2-40"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-41" name="__codelineno-2-41" href="#__codelineno-2-41"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-42" name="__codelineno-2-42" href="#__codelineno-2-42"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-43" name="__codelineno-2-43" href="#__codelineno-2-43"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="o">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen in the column</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-44" name="__codelineno-2-44" href="#__codelineno-2-44"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="o">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the main diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-45" name="__codelineno-2-45" href="#__codelineno-2-45"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="o">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the anti-diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-46" name="__codelineno-2-46" href="#__codelineno-2-46"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;&gt;</span><span class="p">();</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-47" name="__codelineno-2-47" href="#__codelineno-2-47"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-2-48" name="__codelineno-2-48" href="#__codelineno-2-48"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-49" name="__codelineno-2-49" href="#__codelineno-2-49"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-2-50" name="__codelineno-2-50" href="#__codelineno-2-50"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-2-51" name="__codelineno-2-51" href="#__codelineno-2-51"></a><span class="p">}</span>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">n_queens.cs</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-3-1" name="__codelineno-3-1" href="#__codelineno-3-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-2" name="__codelineno-3-2" href="#__codelineno-3-2"></a><span class="k">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">Backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-3" name="__codelineno-3-3" href="#__codelineno-3-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-4" name="__codelineno-3-4" href="#__codelineno-3-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When all rows are placed, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-5" name="__codelineno-3-5" href="#__codelineno-3-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-6" name="__codelineno-3-6" href="#__codelineno-3-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">copyState</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[];</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-7" name="__codelineno-3-7" href="#__codelineno-3-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">foreach</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">sRow</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-8" name="__codelineno-3-8" href="#__codelineno-3-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">copyState</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sRow</span><span class="p">));</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-9" name="__codelineno-3-9" href="#__codelineno-3-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-10" name="__codelineno-3-10" href="#__codelineno-3-10"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">copyState</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-11" name="__codelineno-3-11" href="#__codelineno-3-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-12" name="__codelineno-3-12" href="#__codelineno-3-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-13" name="__codelineno-3-13" href="#__codelineno-3-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all columns</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-14" name="__codelineno-3-14" href="#__codelineno-3-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-15" name="__codelineno-3-15" href="#__codelineno-3-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Calculate the main diagonal and anti-diagonal corresponding to this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-16" name="__codelineno-3-16" href="#__codelineno-3-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-17" name="__codelineno-3-17" href="#__codelineno-3-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-18" name="__codelineno-3-18" href="#__codelineno-3-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow queens to exist in the column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-19" name="__codelineno-3-19" href="#__codelineno-3-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">])</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-20" name="__codelineno-3-20" href="#__codelineno-3-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: place the queen in this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-21" name="__codelineno-3-21" href="#__codelineno-3-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;Q&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-22" name="__codelineno-3-22" href="#__codelineno-3-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-23" name="__codelineno-3-23" href="#__codelineno-3-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Place the next row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-24" name="__codelineno-3-24" href="#__codelineno-3-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-25" name="__codelineno-3-25" href="#__codelineno-3-25"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Backtrack: restore this cell to an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-26" name="__codelineno-3-26" href="#__codelineno-3-26"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-27" name="__codelineno-3-27" href="#__codelineno-3-27"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-28" name="__codelineno-3-28" href="#__codelineno-3-28"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-29" name="__codelineno-3-29" href="#__codelineno-3-29"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-30" name="__codelineno-3-30" href="#__codelineno-3-30"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-31" name="__codelineno-3-31" href="#__codelineno-3-31"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-3-32" name="__codelineno-3-32" href="#__codelineno-3-32"></a><span class="cm">/* Solve N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-33" name="__codelineno-3-33" href="#__codelineno-3-33"></a><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">NQueens</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-34" name="__codelineno-3-34" href="#__codelineno-3-34"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Initialize an n*n chessboard, where &#39;Q&#39; represents a queen and &#39;#&#39; represents an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-35" name="__codelineno-3-35" href="#__codelineno-3-35"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[];</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-36" name="__codelineno-3-36" href="#__codelineno-3-36"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-37" name="__codelineno-3-37" href="#__codelineno-3-37"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[];</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-38" name="__codelineno-3-38" href="#__codelineno-3-38"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">j</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">j</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">j</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-39" name="__codelineno-3-39" href="#__codelineno-3-39"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-40" name="__codelineno-3-40" href="#__codelineno-3-40"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-41" name="__codelineno-3-41" href="#__codelineno-3-41"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-42" name="__codelineno-3-42" href="#__codelineno-3-42"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-43" name="__codelineno-3-43" href="#__codelineno-3-43"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">];</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen in the column</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-44" name="__codelineno-3-44" href="#__codelineno-3-44"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">];</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the main diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-45" name="__codelineno-3-45" href="#__codelineno-3-45"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">[]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">];</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the anti-diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-46" name="__codelineno-3-46" href="#__codelineno-3-46"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[];</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-47" name="__codelineno-3-47" href="#__codelineno-3-47"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-3-48" name="__codelineno-3-48" href="#__codelineno-3-48"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-49" name="__codelineno-3-49" href="#__codelineno-3-49"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-3-50" name="__codelineno-3-50" href="#__codelineno-3-50"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-3-51" name="__codelineno-3-51" href="#__codelineno-3-51"></a><span class="p">}</span>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">n_queens.go</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-4-1" name="__codelineno-4-1" href="#__codelineno-4-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-2" name="__codelineno-4-2" href="#__codelineno-4-2"></a><span class="kd">func</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="p">[][]</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="p">[][][]</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="p">[]</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-3" name="__codelineno-4-3" href="#__codelineno-4-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When all rows are placed, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-4" name="__codelineno-4-4" href="#__codelineno-4-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-5" name="__codelineno-4-5" href="#__codelineno-4-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">newState</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">make</span><span class="p">([][]</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">))</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-6" name="__codelineno-4-6" href="#__codelineno-4-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">_</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">range</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">newState</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-7" name="__codelineno-4-7" href="#__codelineno-4-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">newState</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">make</span><span class="p">([]</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">((</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">]))</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-8" name="__codelineno-4-8" href="#__codelineno-4-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">copy</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">newState</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="p">])</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-9" name="__codelineno-4-9" href="#__codelineno-4-9"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-4-10" name="__codelineno-4-10" href="#__codelineno-4-10"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-11" name="__codelineno-4-11" href="#__codelineno-4-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">newState</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-12" name="__codelineno-4-12" href="#__codelineno-4-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-13" name="__codelineno-4-13" href="#__codelineno-4-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-14" name="__codelineno-4-14" href="#__codelineno-4-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all columns</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-15" name="__codelineno-4-15" href="#__codelineno-4-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-16" name="__codelineno-4-16" href="#__codelineno-4-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Calculate the main diagonal and anti-diagonal corresponding to this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-17" name="__codelineno-4-17" href="#__codelineno-4-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diag1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-18" name="__codelineno-4-18" href="#__codelineno-4-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diag2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-19" name="__codelineno-4-19" href="#__codelineno-4-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow queens to exist in the column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-20" name="__codelineno-4-20" href="#__codelineno-4-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">!(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">!(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="nx">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">!(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="nx">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-21" name="__codelineno-4-21" href="#__codelineno-4-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: place the queen in this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-22" name="__codelineno-4-22" href="#__codelineno-4-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;Q&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-23" name="__codelineno-4-23" href="#__codelineno-4-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="nx">diag1</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="nx">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-24" name="__codelineno-4-24" href="#__codelineno-4-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Place the next row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-25" name="__codelineno-4-25" href="#__codelineno-4-25"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-26" name="__codelineno-4-26" href="#__codelineno-4-26"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Backtrack: restore this cell to an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-27" name="__codelineno-4-27" href="#__codelineno-4-27"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-28" name="__codelineno-4-28" href="#__codelineno-4-28"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="nx">diag1</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="nx">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-29" name="__codelineno-4-29" href="#__codelineno-4-29"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-30" name="__codelineno-4-30" href="#__codelineno-4-30"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-31" name="__codelineno-4-31" href="#__codelineno-4-31"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-32" name="__codelineno-4-32" href="#__codelineno-4-32"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-4-33" name="__codelineno-4-33" href="#__codelineno-4-33"></a><span class="cm">/* Solve N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-34" name="__codelineno-4-34" href="#__codelineno-4-34"></a><span class="kd">func</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">nQueens</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[][][]</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-35" name="__codelineno-4-35" href="#__codelineno-4-35"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Initialize an n*n chessboard, where &#39;Q&#39; represents a queen and &#39;#&#39; represents an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-36" name="__codelineno-4-36" href="#__codelineno-4-36"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">make</span><span class="p">([][]</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-37" name="__codelineno-4-37" href="#__codelineno-4-37"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-38" name="__codelineno-4-38" href="#__codelineno-4-38"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">make</span><span class="p">([]</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-39" name="__codelineno-4-39" href="#__codelineno-4-39"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-40" name="__codelineno-4-40" href="#__codelineno-4-40"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-41" name="__codelineno-4-41" href="#__codelineno-4-41"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-42" name="__codelineno-4-42" href="#__codelineno-4-42"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-43" name="__codelineno-4-43" href="#__codelineno-4-43"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-44" name="__codelineno-4-44" href="#__codelineno-4-44"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen in the column</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-45" name="__codelineno-4-45" href="#__codelineno-4-45"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">make</span><span class="p">([]</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-46" name="__codelineno-4-46" href="#__codelineno-4-46"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">make</span><span class="p">([]</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-47" name="__codelineno-4-47" href="#__codelineno-4-47"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">make</span><span class="p">([]</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-48" name="__codelineno-4-48" href="#__codelineno-4-48"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">make</span><span class="p">([][][]</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-49" name="__codelineno-4-49" href="#__codelineno-4-49"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-50" name="__codelineno-4-50" href="#__codelineno-4-50"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span>
<a id="__codelineno-4-51" name="__codelineno-4-51" href="#__codelineno-4-51"></a><span class="p">}</span>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">n_queens.swift</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-5-1" name="__codelineno-5-1" href="#__codelineno-5-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-2" name="__codelineno-5-2" href="#__codelineno-5-2"></a><span class="kd">func</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Int</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Int</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">inout</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[[</span><span class="nb">String</span><span class="p">]],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">inout</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[[[</span><span class="nb">String</span><span class="p">]]],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">inout</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">Bool</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">inout</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">Bool</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kr">inout</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">Bool</span><span class="p">])</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-3" name="__codelineno-5-3" href="#__codelineno-5-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When all rows are placed, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-4" name="__codelineno-5-4" href="#__codelineno-5-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-5" name="__codelineno-5-5" href="#__codelineno-5-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-6" name="__codelineno-5-6" href="#__codelineno-5-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-7" name="__codelineno-5-7" href="#__codelineno-5-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-8" name="__codelineno-5-8" href="#__codelineno-5-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all columns</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-9" name="__codelineno-5-9" href="#__codelineno-5-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">..</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-10" name="__codelineno-5-10" href="#__codelineno-5-10"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Calculate the main diagonal and anti-diagonal corresponding to this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-11" name="__codelineno-5-11" href="#__codelineno-5-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">let</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">diag1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-12" name="__codelineno-5-12" href="#__codelineno-5-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">let</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">diag2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-13" name="__codelineno-5-13" href="#__codelineno-5-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow queens to exist in the column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-14" name="__codelineno-5-14" href="#__codelineno-5-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-15" name="__codelineno-5-15" href="#__codelineno-5-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: place the queen in this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-16" name="__codelineno-5-16" href="#__codelineno-5-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;Q&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-17" name="__codelineno-5-17" href="#__codelineno-5-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-18" name="__codelineno-5-18" href="#__codelineno-5-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-19" name="__codelineno-5-19" href="#__codelineno-5-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-20" name="__codelineno-5-20" href="#__codelineno-5-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Place the next row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-21" name="__codelineno-5-21" href="#__codelineno-5-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-22" name="__codelineno-5-22" href="#__codelineno-5-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Backtrack: restore this cell to an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-23" name="__codelineno-5-23" href="#__codelineno-5-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-24" name="__codelineno-5-24" href="#__codelineno-5-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-25" name="__codelineno-5-25" href="#__codelineno-5-25"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-26" name="__codelineno-5-26" href="#__codelineno-5-26"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-27" name="__codelineno-5-27" href="#__codelineno-5-27"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-28" name="__codelineno-5-28" href="#__codelineno-5-28"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-29" name="__codelineno-5-29" href="#__codelineno-5-29"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-30" name="__codelineno-5-30" href="#__codelineno-5-30"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-5-31" name="__codelineno-5-31" href="#__codelineno-5-31"></a><span class="cm">/* Solve N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-32" name="__codelineno-5-32" href="#__codelineno-5-32"></a><span class="kd">func</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">nQueens</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Int</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[[[</span><span class="nb">String</span><span class="p">]]]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-33" name="__codelineno-5-33" href="#__codelineno-5-33"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Initialize an n*n chessboard, where &#39;Q&#39; represents a queen and &#39;#&#39; represents an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-34" name="__codelineno-5-34" href="#__codelineno-5-34"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">state</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">repeating</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">repeating</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="bp">count</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">),</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="bp">count</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-35" name="__codelineno-5-35" href="#__codelineno-5-35"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">cols</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">repeating</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="bp">count</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen in the column</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-36" name="__codelineno-5-36" href="#__codelineno-5-36"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">diags1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">repeating</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="bp">count</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the main diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-37" name="__codelineno-5-37" href="#__codelineno-5-37"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">diags2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">repeating</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="bp">count</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the anti-diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-38" name="__codelineno-5-38" href="#__codelineno-5-38"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">res</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[[[</span><span class="nb">String</span><span class="p">]]]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[]</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-39" name="__codelineno-5-39" href="#__codelineno-5-39"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-5-40" name="__codelineno-5-40" href="#__codelineno-5-40"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-41" name="__codelineno-5-41" href="#__codelineno-5-41"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-5-42" name="__codelineno-5-42" href="#__codelineno-5-42"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span>
<a id="__codelineno-5-43" name="__codelineno-5-43" href="#__codelineno-5-43"></a><span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">n_queens.js</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-6-1" name="__codelineno-6-1" href="#__codelineno-6-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-2" name="__codelineno-6-2" href="#__codelineno-6-2"></a><span class="kd">function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-3" name="__codelineno-6-3" href="#__codelineno-6-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When all rows are placed, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-4" name="__codelineno-6-4" href="#__codelineno-6-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">===</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-5" name="__codelineno-6-5" href="#__codelineno-6-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">push</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">map</span><span class="p">((</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">slice</span><span class="p">()));</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-6" name="__codelineno-6-6" href="#__codelineno-6-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-7" name="__codelineno-6-7" href="#__codelineno-6-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-8" name="__codelineno-6-8" href="#__codelineno-6-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all columns</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-9" name="__codelineno-6-9" href="#__codelineno-6-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">let</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-10" name="__codelineno-6-10" href="#__codelineno-6-10"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Calculate the main diagonal and anti-diagonal corresponding to this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-11" name="__codelineno-6-11" href="#__codelineno-6-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diag1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-12" name="__codelineno-6-12" href="#__codelineno-6-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diag2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-13" name="__codelineno-6-13" href="#__codelineno-6-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow queens to exist in the column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-14" name="__codelineno-6-14" href="#__codelineno-6-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">diag2</span><span class="p">])</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-15" name="__codelineno-6-15" href="#__codelineno-6-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: place the queen in this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-16" name="__codelineno-6-16" href="#__codelineno-6-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;Q&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-17" name="__codelineno-6-17" href="#__codelineno-6-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-18" name="__codelineno-6-18" href="#__codelineno-6-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Place the next row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-19" name="__codelineno-6-19" href="#__codelineno-6-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-20" name="__codelineno-6-20" href="#__codelineno-6-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Backtrack: restore this cell to an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-21" name="__codelineno-6-21" href="#__codelineno-6-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;#&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-22" name="__codelineno-6-22" href="#__codelineno-6-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-23" name="__codelineno-6-23" href="#__codelineno-6-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-24" name="__codelineno-6-24" href="#__codelineno-6-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-25" name="__codelineno-6-25" href="#__codelineno-6-25"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-26" name="__codelineno-6-26" href="#__codelineno-6-26"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-6-27" name="__codelineno-6-27" href="#__codelineno-6-27"></a><span class="cm">/* Solve N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-28" name="__codelineno-6-28" href="#__codelineno-6-28"></a><span class="kd">function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">nQueens</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-29" name="__codelineno-6-29" href="#__codelineno-6-29"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Initialize an n*n chessboard, where &#39;Q&#39; represents a queen and &#39;#&#39; represents an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-30" name="__codelineno-6-30" href="#__codelineno-6-30"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="kr">from</span><span class="p">({</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">length</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">fill</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;#&#39;</span><span class="p">));</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-31" name="__codelineno-6-31" href="#__codelineno-6-31"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">fill</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen in the column</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-32" name="__codelineno-6-32" href="#__codelineno-6-32"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">1</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">fill</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the main diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-33" name="__codelineno-6-33" href="#__codelineno-6-33"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">1</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">fill</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the anti-diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-34" name="__codelineno-6-34" href="#__codelineno-6-34"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[];</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-35" name="__codelineno-6-35" href="#__codelineno-6-35"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-6-36" name="__codelineno-6-36" href="#__codelineno-6-36"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-37" name="__codelineno-6-37" href="#__codelineno-6-37"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-6-38" name="__codelineno-6-38" href="#__codelineno-6-38"></a><span class="p">}</span>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">n_queens.ts</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-7-1" name="__codelineno-7-1" href="#__codelineno-7-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-2" name="__codelineno-7-2" href="#__codelineno-7-2"></a><span class="kd">function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-3" name="__codelineno-7-3" href="#__codelineno-7-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">number</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-4" name="__codelineno-7-4" href="#__codelineno-7-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">number</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-5" name="__codelineno-7-5" href="#__codelineno-7-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">[][],</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-6" name="__codelineno-7-6" href="#__codelineno-7-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">[][][],</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-7" name="__codelineno-7-7" href="#__codelineno-7-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="p">[],</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-8" name="__codelineno-7-8" href="#__codelineno-7-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="p">[],</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-9" name="__codelineno-7-9" href="#__codelineno-7-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">boolean</span><span class="p">[]</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-10" name="__codelineno-7-10" href="#__codelineno-7-10"></a><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-11" name="__codelineno-7-11" href="#__codelineno-7-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When all rows are placed, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-12" name="__codelineno-7-12" href="#__codelineno-7-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">===</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-13" name="__codelineno-7-13" href="#__codelineno-7-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">push</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">map</span><span class="p">((</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">slice</span><span class="p">()));</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-14" name="__codelineno-7-14" href="#__codelineno-7-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-15" name="__codelineno-7-15" href="#__codelineno-7-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-16" name="__codelineno-7-16" href="#__codelineno-7-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all columns</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-17" name="__codelineno-7-17" href="#__codelineno-7-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">let</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-18" name="__codelineno-7-18" href="#__codelineno-7-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Calculate the main diagonal and anti-diagonal corresponding to this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-19" name="__codelineno-7-19" href="#__codelineno-7-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diag1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-20" name="__codelineno-7-20" href="#__codelineno-7-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diag2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-21" name="__codelineno-7-21" href="#__codelineno-7-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow queens to exist in the column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-22" name="__codelineno-7-22" href="#__codelineno-7-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">diag2</span><span class="p">])</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-23" name="__codelineno-7-23" href="#__codelineno-7-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: place the queen in this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-24" name="__codelineno-7-24" href="#__codelineno-7-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;Q&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-25" name="__codelineno-7-25" href="#__codelineno-7-25"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-26" name="__codelineno-7-26" href="#__codelineno-7-26"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Place the next row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-27" name="__codelineno-7-27" href="#__codelineno-7-27"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-28" name="__codelineno-7-28" href="#__codelineno-7-28"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Backtrack: restore this cell to an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-29" name="__codelineno-7-29" href="#__codelineno-7-29"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">&#39;#&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-30" name="__codelineno-7-30" href="#__codelineno-7-30"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-31" name="__codelineno-7-31" href="#__codelineno-7-31"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-32" name="__codelineno-7-32" href="#__codelineno-7-32"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-33" name="__codelineno-7-33" href="#__codelineno-7-33"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-34" name="__codelineno-7-34" href="#__codelineno-7-34"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-7-35" name="__codelineno-7-35" href="#__codelineno-7-35"></a><span class="cm">/* Solve N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-36" name="__codelineno-7-36" href="#__codelineno-7-36"></a><span class="kd">function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">nQueens</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">number</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">[][][]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-37" name="__codelineno-7-37" href="#__codelineno-7-37"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Initialize an n*n chessboard, where &#39;Q&#39; represents a queen and &#39;#&#39; represents an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-38" name="__codelineno-7-38" href="#__codelineno-7-38"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="kr">from</span><span class="p">({</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">length</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">fill</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;#&#39;</span><span class="p">));</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-39" name="__codelineno-7-39" href="#__codelineno-7-39"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">fill</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen in the column</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-40" name="__codelineno-7-40" href="#__codelineno-7-40"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">1</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">fill</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the main diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-41" name="__codelineno-7-41" href="#__codelineno-7-41"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">1</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">fill</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the anti-diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-42" name="__codelineno-7-42" href="#__codelineno-7-42"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">[][][]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[];</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-43" name="__codelineno-7-43" href="#__codelineno-7-43"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-7-44" name="__codelineno-7-44" href="#__codelineno-7-44"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-45" name="__codelineno-7-45" href="#__codelineno-7-45"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-7-46" name="__codelineno-7-46" href="#__codelineno-7-46"></a><span class="p">}</span>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">n_queens.dart</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-8-1" name="__codelineno-8-1" href="#__codelineno-8-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-2" name="__codelineno-8-2" href="#__codelineno-8-2"></a><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-3" name="__codelineno-8-3" href="#__codelineno-8-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-4" name="__codelineno-8-4" href="#__codelineno-8-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-5" name="__codelineno-8-5" href="#__codelineno-8-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-6" name="__codelineno-8-6" href="#__codelineno-8-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-7" name="__codelineno-8-7" href="#__codelineno-8-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-8" name="__codelineno-8-8" href="#__codelineno-8-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-9" name="__codelineno-8-9" href="#__codelineno-8-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-10" name="__codelineno-8-10" href="#__codelineno-8-10"></a><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-11" name="__codelineno-8-11" href="#__codelineno-8-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When all rows are placed, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-12" name="__codelineno-8-12" href="#__codelineno-8-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-13" name="__codelineno-8-13" href="#__codelineno-8-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">copyState</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[];</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-14" name="__codelineno-8-14" href="#__codelineno-8-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">sRow</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-15" name="__codelineno-8-15" href="#__codelineno-8-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">copyState</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">from</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sRow</span><span class="p">));</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-16" name="__codelineno-8-16" href="#__codelineno-8-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-17" name="__codelineno-8-17" href="#__codelineno-8-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">copyState</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-18" name="__codelineno-8-18" href="#__codelineno-8-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-19" name="__codelineno-8-19" href="#__codelineno-8-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-20" name="__codelineno-8-20" href="#__codelineno-8-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all columns</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-21" name="__codelineno-8-21" href="#__codelineno-8-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-22" name="__codelineno-8-22" href="#__codelineno-8-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Calculate the main diagonal and anti-diagonal corresponding to this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-23" name="__codelineno-8-23" href="#__codelineno-8-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-24" name="__codelineno-8-24" href="#__codelineno-8-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-25" name="__codelineno-8-25" href="#__codelineno-8-25"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow queens to exist in the column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-26" name="__codelineno-8-26" href="#__codelineno-8-26"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">])</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-27" name="__codelineno-8-27" href="#__codelineno-8-27"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: place the queen in this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-28" name="__codelineno-8-28" href="#__codelineno-8-28"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;Q&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-29" name="__codelineno-8-29" href="#__codelineno-8-29"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-30" name="__codelineno-8-30" href="#__codelineno-8-30"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-31" name="__codelineno-8-31" href="#__codelineno-8-31"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-32" name="__codelineno-8-32" href="#__codelineno-8-32"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Place the next row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-33" name="__codelineno-8-33" href="#__codelineno-8-33"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-34" name="__codelineno-8-34" href="#__codelineno-8-34"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Backtrack: restore this cell to an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-35" name="__codelineno-8-35" href="#__codelineno-8-35"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;#&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-36" name="__codelineno-8-36" href="#__codelineno-8-36"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-37" name="__codelineno-8-37" href="#__codelineno-8-37"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-38" name="__codelineno-8-38" href="#__codelineno-8-38"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-39" name="__codelineno-8-39" href="#__codelineno-8-39"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-40" name="__codelineno-8-40" href="#__codelineno-8-40"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-41" name="__codelineno-8-41" href="#__codelineno-8-41"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-42" name="__codelineno-8-42" href="#__codelineno-8-42"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-8-43" name="__codelineno-8-43" href="#__codelineno-8-43"></a><span class="cm">/* Solve N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-44" name="__codelineno-8-44" href="#__codelineno-8-44"></a><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nQueens</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-45" name="__codelineno-8-45" href="#__codelineno-8-45"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Initialize an n*n chessboard, where &#39;Q&#39; represents a queen and &#39;#&#39; represents an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-46" name="__codelineno-8-46" href="#__codelineno-8-46"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">generate</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">index</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">filled</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;#&quot;</span><span class="p">));</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-47" name="__codelineno-8-47" href="#__codelineno-8-47"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">filled</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen in the column</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-48" name="__codelineno-8-48" href="#__codelineno-8-48"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">filled</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="m">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the main diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-49" name="__codelineno-8-49" href="#__codelineno-8-49"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">filled</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="m">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the anti-diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-50" name="__codelineno-8-50" href="#__codelineno-8-50"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[];</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-51" name="__codelineno-8-51" href="#__codelineno-8-51"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-8-52" name="__codelineno-8-52" href="#__codelineno-8-52"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="m">0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-53" name="__codelineno-8-53" href="#__codelineno-8-53"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-8-54" name="__codelineno-8-54" href="#__codelineno-8-54"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-8-55" name="__codelineno-8-55" href="#__codelineno-8-55"></a><span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
</div>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">n_queens.rs</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-9-1" name="__codelineno-9-1" href="#__codelineno-9-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-2" name="__codelineno-9-2" href="#__codelineno-9-2"></a><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-3" name="__codelineno-9-3" href="#__codelineno-9-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">usize</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-4" name="__codelineno-9-4" href="#__codelineno-9-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">usize</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-5" name="__codelineno-9-5" href="#__codelineno-9-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kp">&amp;</span><span class="nc">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-6" name="__codelineno-9-6" href="#__codelineno-9-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kp">&amp;</span><span class="nc">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-7" name="__codelineno-9-7" href="#__codelineno-9-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kp">&amp;</span><span class="nc">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">],</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-8" name="__codelineno-9-8" href="#__codelineno-9-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kp">&amp;</span><span class="nc">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">],</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-9" name="__codelineno-9-9" href="#__codelineno-9-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kp">&amp;</span><span class="nc">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="p">],</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-10" name="__codelineno-9-10" href="#__codelineno-9-10"></a><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-11" name="__codelineno-9-11" href="#__codelineno-9-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When all rows are placed, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-12" name="__codelineno-9-12" href="#__codelineno-9-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-13" name="__codelineno-9-13" href="#__codelineno-9-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">push</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">clone</span><span class="p">());</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-14" name="__codelineno-9-14" href="#__codelineno-9-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-15" name="__codelineno-9-15" href="#__codelineno-9-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-16" name="__codelineno-9-16" href="#__codelineno-9-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all columns</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-17" name="__codelineno-9-17" href="#__codelineno-9-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">..</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-18" name="__codelineno-9-18" href="#__codelineno-9-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Calculate the main diagonal and anti-diagonal corresponding to this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-19" name="__codelineno-9-19" href="#__codelineno-9-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">let</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-20" name="__codelineno-9-20" href="#__codelineno-9-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">let</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-21" name="__codelineno-9-21" href="#__codelineno-9-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow queens to exist in the column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-22" name="__codelineno-9-22" href="#__codelineno-9-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-23" name="__codelineno-9-23" href="#__codelineno-9-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: place the queen in this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-24" name="__codelineno-9-24" href="#__codelineno-9-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;Q&quot;</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">into</span><span class="p">();</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-25" name="__codelineno-9-25" href="#__codelineno-9-25"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">])</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-26" name="__codelineno-9-26" href="#__codelineno-9-26"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Place the next row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-27" name="__codelineno-9-27" href="#__codelineno-9-27"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-28" name="__codelineno-9-28" href="#__codelineno-9-28"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Backtrack: restore this cell to an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-29" name="__codelineno-9-29" href="#__codelineno-9-29"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">into</span><span class="p">();</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-30" name="__codelineno-9-30" href="#__codelineno-9-30"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">])</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-31" name="__codelineno-9-31" href="#__codelineno-9-31"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-32" name="__codelineno-9-32" href="#__codelineno-9-32"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-33" name="__codelineno-9-33" href="#__codelineno-9-33"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-34" name="__codelineno-9-34" href="#__codelineno-9-34"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-9-35" name="__codelineno-9-35" href="#__codelineno-9-35"></a><span class="cm">/* Solve N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-36" name="__codelineno-9-36" href="#__codelineno-9-36"></a><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">n_queens</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">usize</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-37" name="__codelineno-9-37" href="#__codelineno-9-37"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Initialize an n*n chessboard, where &#39;Q&#39; represents a queen and &#39;#&#39; represents an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-38" name="__codelineno-9-38" href="#__codelineno-9-38"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">let</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="fm">vec!</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="fm">vec!</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">to_string</span><span class="p">();</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">];</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">];</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-39" name="__codelineno-9-39" href="#__codelineno-9-39"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">let</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="fm">vec!</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">];</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen in the column</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-40" name="__codelineno-9-40" href="#__codelineno-9-40"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">let</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="fm">vec!</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">];</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the main diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-41" name="__codelineno-9-41" href="#__codelineno-9-41"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">let</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="fm">vec!</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">];</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the anti-diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-42" name="__codelineno-9-42" href="#__codelineno-9-42"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">let</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Vec</span><span class="p">::</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">();</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-43" name="__codelineno-9-43" href="#__codelineno-9-43"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-9-44" name="__codelineno-9-44" href="#__codelineno-9-44"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-45" name="__codelineno-9-45" href="#__codelineno-9-45"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-46" name="__codelineno-9-46" href="#__codelineno-9-46"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-47" name="__codelineno-9-47" href="#__codelineno-9-47"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="k">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-48" name="__codelineno-9-48" href="#__codelineno-9-48"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="k">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-49" name="__codelineno-9-49" href="#__codelineno-9-49"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="k">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-50" name="__codelineno-9-50" href="#__codelineno-9-50"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="k">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-51" name="__codelineno-9-51" href="#__codelineno-9-51"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="k">mut</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-52" name="__codelineno-9-52" href="#__codelineno-9-52"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-53" name="__codelineno-9-53" href="#__codelineno-9-53"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-9-54" name="__codelineno-9-54" href="#__codelineno-9-54"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span>
<a id="__codelineno-9-55" name="__codelineno-9-55" href="#__codelineno-9-55"></a><span class="p">}</span>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">n_queens.c</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-10-1" name="__codelineno-10-1" href="#__codelineno-10-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-2" name="__codelineno-10-2" href="#__codelineno-10-2"></a><span class="kt">void</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">MAX_SIZE</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">MAX_SIZE</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">***</span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">resSize</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">MAX_SIZE</span><span class="p">],</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-3" name="__codelineno-10-3" href="#__codelineno-10-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">MAX_SIZE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">MAX_SIZE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">])</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-4" name="__codelineno-10-4" href="#__codelineno-10-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When all rows are placed, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-5" name="__codelineno-10-5" href="#__codelineno-10-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-6" name="__codelineno-10-6" href="#__codelineno-10-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">resSize</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="n">malloc</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">sizeof</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-7" name="__codelineno-10-7" href="#__codelineno-10-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">++</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-8" name="__codelineno-10-8" href="#__codelineno-10-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">resSize</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="n">malloc</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">sizeof</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">));</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-9" name="__codelineno-10-9" href="#__codelineno-10-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">strcpy</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">resSize</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">]);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-10" name="__codelineno-10-10" href="#__codelineno-10-10"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-11" name="__codelineno-10-11" href="#__codelineno-10-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">resSize</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-12" name="__codelineno-10-12" href="#__codelineno-10-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-13" name="__codelineno-10-13" href="#__codelineno-10-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-14" name="__codelineno-10-14" href="#__codelineno-10-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all columns</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-15" name="__codelineno-10-15" href="#__codelineno-10-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-16" name="__codelineno-10-16" href="#__codelineno-10-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Calculate the main diagonal and anti-diagonal corresponding to this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-17" name="__codelineno-10-17" href="#__codelineno-10-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-18" name="__codelineno-10-18" href="#__codelineno-10-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-19" name="__codelineno-10-19" href="#__codelineno-10-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow queens to exist in the column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-20" name="__codelineno-10-20" href="#__codelineno-10-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">])</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-21" name="__codelineno-10-21" href="#__codelineno-10-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: place the queen in this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-22" name="__codelineno-10-22" href="#__codelineno-10-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sc">&#39;Q&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-23" name="__codelineno-10-23" href="#__codelineno-10-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-24" name="__codelineno-10-24" href="#__codelineno-10-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Place the next row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-25" name="__codelineno-10-25" href="#__codelineno-10-25"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">resSize</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-26" name="__codelineno-10-26" href="#__codelineno-10-26"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Backtrack: restore this cell to an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-27" name="__codelineno-10-27" href="#__codelineno-10-27"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sc">&#39;#&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-28" name="__codelineno-10-28" href="#__codelineno-10-28"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-29" name="__codelineno-10-29" href="#__codelineno-10-29"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-30" name="__codelineno-10-30" href="#__codelineno-10-30"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-31" name="__codelineno-10-31" href="#__codelineno-10-31"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-32" name="__codelineno-10-32" href="#__codelineno-10-32"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-10-33" name="__codelineno-10-33" href="#__codelineno-10-33"></a><span class="cm">/* Solve N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-34" name="__codelineno-10-34" href="#__codelineno-10-34"></a><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">***</span><span class="nf">nQueens</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">returnSize</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-35" name="__codelineno-10-35" href="#__codelineno-10-35"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">MAX_SIZE</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">MAX_SIZE</span><span class="p">];</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-36" name="__codelineno-10-36" href="#__codelineno-10-36"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Initialize an n*n chessboard, where &#39;Q&#39; represents a queen and &#39;#&#39; represents an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-37" name="__codelineno-10-37" href="#__codelineno-10-37"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">++</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-38" name="__codelineno-10-38" href="#__codelineno-10-38"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">j</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">j</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">++</span><span class="n">j</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-39" name="__codelineno-10-39" href="#__codelineno-10-39"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">j</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sc">&#39;#&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-40" name="__codelineno-10-40" href="#__codelineno-10-40"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-41" name="__codelineno-10-41" href="#__codelineno-10-41"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sc">&#39;\0&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-42" name="__codelineno-10-42" href="#__codelineno-10-42"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-43" name="__codelineno-10-43" href="#__codelineno-10-43"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">MAX_SIZE</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nb">false</span><span class="p">};</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen in the column</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-44" name="__codelineno-10-44" href="#__codelineno-10-44"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">MAX_SIZE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nb">false</span><span class="p">};</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the main diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-45" name="__codelineno-10-45" href="#__codelineno-10-45"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">MAX_SIZE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nb">false</span><span class="p">};</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the anti-diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-46" name="__codelineno-10-46" href="#__codelineno-10-46"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-10-47" name="__codelineno-10-47" href="#__codelineno-10-47"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">***</span><span class="n">res</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">***</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="n">malloc</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">sizeof</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">MAX_SIZE</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-48" name="__codelineno-10-48" href="#__codelineno-10-48"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">returnSize</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-49" name="__codelineno-10-49" href="#__codelineno-10-49"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">returnSize</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">);</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-50" name="__codelineno-10-50" href="#__codelineno-10-50"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-10-51" name="__codelineno-10-51" href="#__codelineno-10-51"></a><span class="p">}</span>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">n_queens.kt</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-11-1" name="__codelineno-11-1" href="#__codelineno-11-1"></a><span class="cm">/* Backtracking algorithm: N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-2" name="__codelineno-11-2" href="#__codelineno-11-2"></a><span class="kd">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-3" name="__codelineno-11-3" href="#__codelineno-11-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">Int</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-4" name="__codelineno-11-4" href="#__codelineno-11-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">Int</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-5" name="__codelineno-11-5" href="#__codelineno-11-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">MutableList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">MutableList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-6" name="__codelineno-11-6" href="#__codelineno-11-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">MutableList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">MutableList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">MutableList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;?&gt;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-7" name="__codelineno-11-7" href="#__codelineno-11-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">BooleanArray</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-8" name="__codelineno-11-8" href="#__codelineno-11-8"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">BooleanArray</span><span class="p">,</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-9" name="__codelineno-11-9" href="#__codelineno-11-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">BooleanArray</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-10" name="__codelineno-11-10" href="#__codelineno-11-10"></a><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-11" name="__codelineno-11-11" href="#__codelineno-11-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// When all rows are placed, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-12" name="__codelineno-11-12" href="#__codelineno-11-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-13" name="__codelineno-11-13" href="#__codelineno-11-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">copyState</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">mutableListOf</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">MutableList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="p">()</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-14" name="__codelineno-11-14" href="#__codelineno-11-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sRow</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-15" name="__codelineno-11-15" href="#__codelineno-11-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">copyState</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sRow</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">toMutableList</span><span class="p">())</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-16" name="__codelineno-11-16" href="#__codelineno-11-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-17" name="__codelineno-11-17" href="#__codelineno-11-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">copyState</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-18" name="__codelineno-11-18" href="#__codelineno-11-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-19" name="__codelineno-11-19" href="#__codelineno-11-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-20" name="__codelineno-11-20" href="#__codelineno-11-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Traverse all columns</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-21" name="__codelineno-11-21" href="#__codelineno-11-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">0.</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-22" name="__codelineno-11-22" href="#__codelineno-11-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Calculate the main diagonal and anti-diagonal corresponding to this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-23" name="__codelineno-11-23" href="#__codelineno-11-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">diag1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">1</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-24" name="__codelineno-11-24" href="#__codelineno-11-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">diag2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-25" name="__codelineno-11-25" href="#__codelineno-11-25"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Pruning: do not allow queens to exist in the column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-26" name="__codelineno-11-26" href="#__codelineno-11-26"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-27" name="__codelineno-11-27" href="#__codelineno-11-27"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Attempt: place the queen in this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-28" name="__codelineno-11-28" href="#__codelineno-11-28"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="o">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;Q&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-29" name="__codelineno-11-29" href="#__codelineno-11-29"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-30" name="__codelineno-11-30" href="#__codelineno-11-30"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="o">]</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-31" name="__codelineno-11-31" href="#__codelineno-11-31"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="o">]</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-32" name="__codelineno-11-32" href="#__codelineno-11-32"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Place the next row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-33" name="__codelineno-11-33" href="#__codelineno-11-33"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-34" name="__codelineno-11-34" href="#__codelineno-11-34"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Backtrack: restore this cell to an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-35" name="__codelineno-11-35" href="#__codelineno-11-35"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="o">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-36" name="__codelineno-11-36" href="#__codelineno-11-36"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-37" name="__codelineno-11-37" href="#__codelineno-11-37"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="o">]</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-38" name="__codelineno-11-38" href="#__codelineno-11-38"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="o">]</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-39" name="__codelineno-11-39" href="#__codelineno-11-39"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-40" name="__codelineno-11-40" href="#__codelineno-11-40"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-41" name="__codelineno-11-41" href="#__codelineno-11-41"></a><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-42" name="__codelineno-11-42" href="#__codelineno-11-42"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-11-43" name="__codelineno-11-43" href="#__codelineno-11-43"></a><span class="cm">/* Solve N queens */</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-44" name="__codelineno-11-44" href="#__codelineno-11-44"></a><span class="kd">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">nQueens</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">Int</span><span class="p">):</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">MutableList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">MutableList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">MutableList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;?&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-45" name="__codelineno-11-45" href="#__codelineno-11-45"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Initialize an n*n chessboard, where &#39;Q&#39; represents a queen and &#39;#&#39; represents an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-46" name="__codelineno-11-46" href="#__codelineno-11-46"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">state</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">mutableListOf</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">MutableList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;</span><span class="p">()</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-47" name="__codelineno-11-47" href="#__codelineno-11-47"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">0.</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-48" name="__codelineno-11-48" href="#__codelineno-11-48"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">mutableListOf</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">()</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-49" name="__codelineno-11-49" href="#__codelineno-11-49"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">j</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">0.</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-50" name="__codelineno-11-50" href="#__codelineno-11-50"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;#&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-51" name="__codelineno-11-51" href="#__codelineno-11-51"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-52" name="__codelineno-11-52" href="#__codelineno-11-52"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-53" name="__codelineno-11-53" href="#__codelineno-11-53"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-54" name="__codelineno-11-54" href="#__codelineno-11-54"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">cols</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">BooleanArray</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen in the column</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-55" name="__codelineno-11-55" href="#__codelineno-11-55"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">diags1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">BooleanArray</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="m">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">1</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the main diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-56" name="__codelineno-11-56" href="#__codelineno-11-56"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">diags2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">BooleanArray</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="m">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">1</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Record whether there is a queen on the anti-diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-57" name="__codelineno-11-57" href="#__codelineno-11-57"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">res</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">mutableListOf</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">MutableList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">MutableList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">&gt;&gt;?&gt;</span><span class="p">()</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-58" name="__codelineno-11-58" href="#__codelineno-11-58"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-11-59" name="__codelineno-11-59" href="#__codelineno-11-59"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="m">0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-60" name="__codelineno-11-60" href="#__codelineno-11-60"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-11-61" name="__codelineno-11-61" href="#__codelineno-11-61"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span>
<a id="__codelineno-11-62" name="__codelineno-11-62" href="#__codelineno-11-62"></a><span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
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<div class="highlight"><span class="filename">n_queens.rb</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-12-1" name="__codelineno-12-1" href="#__codelineno-12-1"></a><span class="c1">### Backtracking: n queens ###</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-2" name="__codelineno-12-2" href="#__codelineno-12-2"></a><span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-3" name="__codelineno-12-3" href="#__codelineno-12-3"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># When all rows are placed, record the solution</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-4" name="__codelineno-12-4" href="#__codelineno-12-4"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-5" name="__codelineno-12-5" href="#__codelineno-12-5"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">map</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dup</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-6" name="__codelineno-12-6" href="#__codelineno-12-6"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-7" name="__codelineno-12-7" href="#__codelineno-12-7"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-8" name="__codelineno-12-8" href="#__codelineno-12-8"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-12-9" name="__codelineno-12-9" href="#__codelineno-12-9"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Traverse all columns</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-10" name="__codelineno-12-10" href="#__codelineno-12-10"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">...</span><span class="n">n</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-11" name="__codelineno-12-11" href="#__codelineno-12-11"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Calculate the main diagonal and anti-diagonal corresponding to this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-12" name="__codelineno-12-12" href="#__codelineno-12-12"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-13" name="__codelineno-12-13" href="#__codelineno-12-13"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">col</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-14" name="__codelineno-12-14" href="#__codelineno-12-14"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Pruning: do not allow queens to exist in the column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-15" name="__codelineno-12-15" href="#__codelineno-12-15"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="o">]</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-16" name="__codelineno-12-16" href="#__codelineno-12-16"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Attempt: place the queen in this cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-17" name="__codelineno-12-17" href="#__codelineno-12-17"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="o">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;Q&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-18" name="__codelineno-12-18" href="#__codelineno-12-18"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kp">true</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-19" name="__codelineno-12-19" href="#__codelineno-12-19"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Place the next row</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-20" name="__codelineno-12-20" href="#__codelineno-12-20"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-21" name="__codelineno-12-21" href="#__codelineno-12-21"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Backtrack: restore this cell to an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-22" name="__codelineno-12-22" href="#__codelineno-12-22"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="o">][</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;#&quot;</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-23" name="__codelineno-12-23" href="#__codelineno-12-23"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag1</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">diag2</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kp">false</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-24" name="__codelineno-12-24" href="#__codelineno-12-24"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-25" name="__codelineno-12-25" href="#__codelineno-12-25"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-26" name="__codelineno-12-26" href="#__codelineno-12-26"></a><span class="k">end</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-27" name="__codelineno-12-27" href="#__codelineno-12-27"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-12-28" name="__codelineno-12-28" href="#__codelineno-12-28"></a><span class="c1">### Solve n queens ###</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-29" name="__codelineno-12-29" href="#__codelineno-12-29"></a><span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">n_queens</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-30" name="__codelineno-12-30" href="#__codelineno-12-30"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Initialize an n*n chessboard, where &#39;Q&#39; represents a queen and &#39;#&#39; represents an empty cell</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-31" name="__codelineno-12-31" href="#__codelineno-12-31"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;#&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-32" name="__codelineno-12-32" href="#__codelineno-12-32"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kp">false</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Record whether there is a queen in the column</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-33" name="__codelineno-12-33" href="#__codelineno-12-33"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kp">false</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Record whether there is a queen on the main diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-34" name="__codelineno-12-34" href="#__codelineno-12-34"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Array</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kp">false</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Record whether there is a queen on the anti-diagonal</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-35" name="__codelineno-12-35" href="#__codelineno-12-35"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[]</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-36" name="__codelineno-12-36" href="#__codelineno-12-36"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">backtrack</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">diags2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-37" name="__codelineno-12-37" href="#__codelineno-12-37"></a>
<a id="__codelineno-12-38" name="__codelineno-12-38" href="#__codelineno-12-38"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">res</span>
<a id="__codelineno-12-39" name="__codelineno-12-39" href="#__codelineno-12-39"></a><span class="k">end</span>
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<p>Placing <span class="arithmatex">\(n\)</span> queens row by row, considering the column constraint, from the first row to the last row there are <span class="arithmatex">\(n\)</span>, <span class="arithmatex">\(n-1\)</span>, <span class="arithmatex">\(\dots\)</span>, <span class="arithmatex">\(2\)</span>, <span class="arithmatex">\(1\)</span> choices, using <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n!)\)</span> time. When recording a solution, it is necessary to copy the matrix <code>state</code> and add it to <code>res</code>, and the copy operation uses <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n^2)\)</span> time. Therefore, <strong>the overall time complexity is <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n! \cdot n^2)\)</span></strong>. In practice, pruning based on diagonal constraints can also significantly reduce the search space, so the search efficiency is often better than the time complexity mentioned above.</p>
<p>The array <code>state</code> uses <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n^2)\)</span> space, and the arrays <code>cols</code>, <code>diags1</code>, and <code>diags2</code> each use <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n)\)</span> space. The maximum recursion depth is <span class="arithmatex">\(n\)</span>, using <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n)\)</span> stack frame space. Therefore, <strong>the space complexity is <span class="arithmatex">\(O(n^2)\)</span></strong>.</p>
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