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- What is the eight Queens problem?
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- One of the solution
- The test results
- Other solutions
What is the eight Queens problem?
The eight Queens problem is an ancient problem, proposed by a chess player in 1848: how to solve an 8×8 chess board with eight queens so that they cannot attack each other, that is, no two queens can be in the same row, column or slash?
graphic
Something like that.
One of the solution
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
#define MAX_NUM 8 // Number of queens
int queen[MAX_NUM][MAX_NUM] = { 0 };
bool check(int x, int y) { // Check if a coordinate can be placed
for (int i = 0; i < y; i++) {
if (queen[x][i] == 1) { // Whether this line can exist
return false;
}
if (x - 1 - i > 0 && queen[x - 1 - i][y - 1 - i] == 1) { // Check the left oblique column
return false;
}
if (x + 1 + i < MAX_NUM && queen[x + 1 + i][y + 1 + i] == 1) { // Check the right oblique column
return false;
}
}
queen[x][y] = 1;
return true;
}
void showQueen(a) {
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_NUM; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < MAX_NUM; j++) {
cout << queen[i][j] << "";
}
cout << endl;
}
cout << endl;
}
bool settleQueen(int x) {
if (x == MAX_NUM) { // Find the answer
return true;
}
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_NUM; i++) {
for (int y = 0; y < MAX_NUM; y++) {
queen[y][x] = 0; // Clear the current column to avoid disturbing backtracking
}
if (check(i,x)) { // If this line is found
queen[i][x] = 1;
showQueen(a);// Visualize test results
if (settleQueen(x + 1)) { // It's time to go left
return true; // All the way to the left}}}return false; // If not, return it
}
Copy the codeThe test results
Test process print:
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
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0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Print in main
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
C:\Users\asus\source\repos\EightQuene\Debug\ eightquene.exe (process 9184) has exited with code 0. Press any key to close this window..
Other solutions
I’ve seen other solutions explained before, either horizontally, or using bitmaps. But don’t be fooled by the pictures above. Make sure you don’t set 1 for the places you can’t walk. You should only set 1 for the places you can’t walk, otherwise it will cause immeasurable trouble for backtracking.