NQUEEN PROBLEM USING BACKTRACKING

NQUEEN PROBLEM

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+/* Java program to solve N Queen Problem using
+backtracking */
+
+
+public class NQueenProblem {
+	final int N = 4;
+
+
+	void printSolution(int board[][])
+	{
+		for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+			for (int j = 0; j < N; j++)
+				System.out.print(" " + board[i][j]
+								+ " ");
+			System.out.println();
+		}
+	}
+	boolean isSafe(int board[][], int row, int col)
+	{
+		int i, j;
+
+		/* Check this row on left side */
+		for (i = 0; i < col; i++)
+			if (board[row][i] == 1)
+				return false;
+
+		/* Check upper diagonal on left side */
+		for (i = row, j = col; i >= 0 && j >= 0; i--, j--)
+			if (board[i][j] == 1)
+				return false;
+
+		/* Check lower diagonal on left side */
+		for (i = row, j = col; j >= 0 && i < N; i++, j--)
+			if (board[i][j] == 1)
+				return false;
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/* A recursive utility function to solve N
+	Queen problem */
+	boolean solveNQUtil(int board[][], int col)
+	{
+		/* base case: If all queens are placed
+		then return true */
+		if (col >= N)
+			return true;
+
+		/* Consider this column and try placing
+		this queen in all rows one by one */
+		for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+			/* Check if the queen can be placed on
+			board[i][col] */
+			if (isSafe(board, i, col)) {
+				/* Place this queen in board[i][col] */
+				board[i][col] = 1;
+
+				/* recur to place rest of the queens */
+				if (solveNQUtil(board, col + 1) == true)
+					return true;
+
+				/* If placing queen in board[i][col]
+				doesn't lead to a solution then
+				remove queen from board[i][col] */
+				board[i][col] = 0; // BACKTRACK
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* If the queen can not be placed in any row in
+		this column col, then return false */
+		return false;
+	}
+	boolean solveNQ()
+	{
+		int board[][] = { { 0, 0, 0, 0 },
+						{ 0, 0, 0, 0 },
+						{ 0, 0, 0, 0 },
+						{ 0, 0, 0, 0 } };
+
+		if (solveNQUtil(board, 0) == false) {
+			System.out.print("Solution does not exist");
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		printSolution(board);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	// driver program to test above function
+
+
+	public static void main(String args[])
+	{
+		NQueenProblem Queen = new NQueenProblem();
+		Queen.solveNQ();
+	}
+}
+
+// This code is contributed by RV1830