/* * N-Queens Problem Solver * Found somewhere on the Internet; can't remember where. Possibly Wikipedia. */ #include #include #include #define QUEENS 11 int row[QUEENS]; bool safe(int x, int y) { int i; for (i = 1; i <= y; i++) if (row[y - i] == x || row[y - i] == x - i || row[y - i] == x + i) return false; return true; } int nqueens(int y) { int x; for (x = 0; x < QUEENS; x++) { if (safe((row[y - 1] = x), y - 1)) { if (y < QUEENS) { nqueens(y + 1); } else { break; } } } return 0; }