nQueens

Program that solves a many-queens board of any size using bactracking.

how to run

install ncurses to compile

$ sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev

make with CLI

$ make

or

$ make UI=cli

make with ncurses ui

$ make UI=curses

commands

CLI

'help', 'h'        list commands
'quit', 'q'        quit program
'reset'            reset board
'set NUM'          create new NUMxNUM board
'run', 'r'         run from current point until a solution is found
'step', 's'        move forward one step
'print', 'p'       print current board

CURSES

'quit', 'q'       quit program
'reset'           reset board
'set NUM'         create new NUMxNUM board
'run', 'r'        run from current point until a solution is found
'step', 's'       move forward on step
'speed NUM'       sets run frame delay to NUM miliseconds (larger number for slower run speed)