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O(n!) solution to the n-Queen puzzle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_queens_puzzle)
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/** | |
* Solves the n-Queen puzzle in O(n!) | |
* Let p[r] be the column of the queen on the rth row (must be exactly 1 queen per row) | |
* There also must be exactly 1 queen per column and hence p must be a permuation of (0 until n) | |
* There must be n distinct (col + diag) and n distinct (col - diag) for each queen (else bishop attacks) | |
* @return Vector p of length n such that p[i] is the column of the queen on the ith row in a solution | |
*/ | |
def nQueens(n: Int) = | |
(0 until n) | |
.permutations | |
.filter(p => p.zipWithIndex.flatMap{case (c, d) => Seq(n + c + d, c - d)}.distinct.size == 2*n) |
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// print all 92 solutions for n=8 | |
nQueens(8).zipWithIndex foreach {case (solution, num) => | |
println(s"Solution #${num + 1}:") | |
val rows = solution.map(col => solution.indices.map(i => if (i == col) 'Q' else '-').mkString) | |
rows foreach println | |
} | |
/* | |
Solution #1: | |
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*/ |
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