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73 changes: 73 additions & 0 deletions Backtracking/NQueenProblem.cpp
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#define N 4
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>


void printSolution(int board[N][N])
{
for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < N; j++)
printf(" %d ", board[i][j]);
printf("\n");
}
}

bool isSafe(int board[N][N], int row, int col)
{
int i, j;

for (i = 0; i < col; i++)
if (board[row][i])
return false;
for (i = row, j = col; i >= 0 && j >= 0; i--, j--)
if (board[i][j])
return false;

for (i = row, j = col; j >= 0 && i < N; i++, j--)
if (board[i][j])
return false;

return true;
}

bool solveNQUtil(int board[N][N], int col)
{
if (col >= N)
return true;


for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
if (isSafe(board, i, col)) {
board[i][col] = 1;
if (solveNQUtil(board, col + 1))
return true;

board[i][col] = 0;
}
}
return false;
}


bool solveNQ()
{
int board[N][N] = { { 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0 } };

if (solveNQUtil(board, 0) == false) {
printf("Solution does not exist");
return false;
}

printSolution(board);
return true;
}


int main()
{
solveNQ();
return 0;
}