/**
* @file
* @brief [Eight Queens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_queens_puzzle)
* puzzle, printing all solutions
*
* @author [Himani Negi](https://github.com/Himani2000)
* @author [David Leal](https://github.com/Panquesito7)
*
*/
#include <array> /// for std::array
#include <iostream> /// for IO operations
/**
* @namespace backtracking
* @brief Backtracking algorithms
*/
namespace backtracking {
/**
* @namespace n_queens_all_solutions
* @brief Functions for the [Eight
* Queens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_queens_puzzle) puzzle with all
* solutions.
*/
namespace n_queens_all_solutions {
/**
* @brief Utility function to print matrix
* @tparam n number of matrix size
* @param board matrix where numbers are saved
*/
template <size_t n>
void PrintSol(const std::array<std::array<int, n>, n>& board) {
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
std::cout << board[i][j] << " ";
}
std::cout << std::endl;
}
std::cout << std::endl;
}
/**
* @brief Check if a queen can be placed on the matrix
* @tparam n number of matrix size
* @param board matrix where numbers are saved
* @param row current index in rows
* @param col current index in columns
* @returns `true` if queen can be placed on matrix
* @returns `false` if queen can't be placed on matrix
*/
template <size_t n>
bool CanIMove(const std::array<std::array<int, n>, n>& board, int row,
int col) {
/// check in the row
for (int i = 0; i < col; i++) {
if (board[row][i] == 1) {
return false;
}
}
/// check the first diagonal
for (int i = row, j = col; i >= 0 && j >= 0; i--, j--) {
if (board[i][j] == 1) {
return false;
}
}
/// check the second diagonal
for (int i = row, j = col; i <= n - 1 && j >= 0; i++, j--) {
if (board[i][j] == 1) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
/**
* @brief Main function to solve the N Queens problem
* @tparam n number of matrix size
* @param board matrix where numbers are saved
* @param col current index in columns
*/
template <size_t n>
void NQueenSol(std::array<std::array<int, n>, n> board, int col) {
if (col >= n) {
PrintSol(board);
return;
}
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
if (CanIMove(board, i, col)) {
board[i][col] = 1;
NQueenSol(board, col + 1);
board[i][col] = 0;
}
}
}
} // namespace n_queens_all_solutions
} // namespace backtracking
/**
* @brief Main function
* @returns 0 on exit
*/
int main() {
const int n = 4;
std::array<std::array<int, n>, n> board{0};
backtracking::n_queens_all_solutions::NQueenSol(board, 0);
}