The n-queens puzzle is the problem of placing n queens on ann×n chessboard such that no two queens attack each other.
Given an integer n, return all distinct solutions to the n-queens puzzle.
Each solution contains a distinct board configuration of the n-queens' placement, where'Q'
and '.'
both indicate a queen and an empty space respectively.
For example,
There exist two distinct solutions to the 4-queens puzzle:
[ [".Q..", // Solution 1 "...Q", "Q...", "..Q."], ["..Q.", // Solution 2 "Q...", "...Q", ".Q.."] ]思路:
设置一个数组用来存储n个皇后所在的列数,每存放一个皇后检查一下列是否重复,对角线是否重复。
static int[] col;
static List<List<String>> res;
public static List<List<String>> solveNQueens(int n) {
res = new ArrayList<List<String>>();
col = new int[n];
nqueens(0, n);
return res;
}
public static void nqueens(int colIndex, int n) {
if (colIndex == n) {
printRes(n);
return;
}
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
col[colIndex] = i;
if (valid(colIndex)) {
nqueens(colIndex + 1, n);
}
}
}
private static boolean valid(int colIndex) {
for (int i = 0; i < colIndex; i++) {
// 行不可能重复,列如果重复或者对角线重复
if (col[i] == col[colIndex]
|| Math.abs(col[i] - col[colIndex]) == colIndex - i) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
private static void printRes(int n) {
List<String> resList = new ArrayList<String>();
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
int tmp = col[i];
for (int j = 0; j < tmp; j++) {
buffer.append(".");
}
buffer.append("Q");
for (int j = tmp + 1; j < n; j++) {
buffer.append(".");
}
resList.add(buffer.toString());
}
res.add(resList);
}