Peaceful chess queen armies
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.
In chess, a queen attacks positions from where it is, in straight lines up-down and left-right as well as on both its diagonals. It attacks only pieces not of its own colour.
| ⇖ | ⇑ | ⇗ | ||
| ⇐ | ⇐ | ♛ | ⇒ | ⇒ |
| ⇙ | ⇓ | ⇘ | ||
| ⇙ | ⇓ | ⇘ | ||
| ⇓ |
The goal of Peaceful chess queen armies is to arrange m black queens and m white queens on an n-by-n square grid, (the board), so that no queen attacks another of a different colour.
- Task
- Create a routine to represent two-colour queens on a 2-D board. (Alternating black/white background colours, Unicode chess pieces and other embellishments are not necessary, but may be used at your discretion).
- Create a routine to generate at least one solution to placing
mequal numbers of black and white queens on annsquare board. - Display here results for the
m=4, n=5case.
- References
- Peaceably Coexisting Armies of Queens (Pdf) by Robert A. Bosch. Optima, the Mathematical Programming Socity newsletter, issue 62.
- A250000 OEIS
11l
<lang 11l>T.enum Piece
EMPTY BLACK WHITE
F isAttacking(queen, pos)
R queen.x == pos.x | queen.y == pos.y | abs(queen.x - pos.x) == abs(queen.y - pos.y)
F place(m, n, &pBlackQueens, &pWhiteQueens)
I m == 0
R 1B
V placingBlack = 1B
L(i) 0 .< n
L(j) 0 .< n
V pos = (i, j)
L(queen) pBlackQueens
I queen == pos | (!placingBlack & isAttacking(queen, pos))
L.break
L.was_no_break
L(queen) pWhiteQueens
I queen == pos | (placingBlack & isAttacking(queen, pos))
L.break
L.was_no_break
I placingBlack
pBlackQueens [+]= pos
placingBlack = 0B
E
pWhiteQueens [+]= pos
I place(m - 1, n, &pBlackQueens, &pWhiteQueens)
R 1B
pBlackQueens.pop()
pWhiteQueens.pop()
placingBlack = 1B
I !placingBlack
pBlackQueens.pop()
R 0B
F printBoard(n, blackQueens, whiteQueens)
V board = [Piece.EMPTY] * (n * n)
L(queen) blackQueens
board[queen.x * n + queen.y] = Piece.BLACK
L(queen) whiteQueens
board[queen.x * n + queen.y] = Piece.WHITE
L(b) board
V i = L.index
I i != 0 & i % n == 0
print()
I b == BLACK
print(‘B ’, end' ‘’)
E I b == WHITE
print(‘W ’, end' ‘’)
E
V j = i I/ n
V k = i - j * n
I j % 2 == k % 2
print(‘x ’, end' ‘’)
E
print(‘o ’, end' ‘’)
print("\n")
V nms = [
(2, 1), (3, 1), (3, 2), (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3),
(5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5),
(6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6),
(7, 1), (7, 2), (7, 3), (7, 4), (7, 5), (7, 6), (7, 7)
]
L(nm) nms
print(‘#. black and #. white queens on a #. x #. board:’.format(nm[1], nm[1], nm[0], nm[0]))
[(Int, Int)] blackQueens, whiteQueens
I place(nm[1], nm[0], &blackQueens, &whiteQueens)
printBoard(nm[0], blackQueens, whiteQueens)
E
print("No solution exists.\n")</lang>
- Output:
1 black and 1 white queens on a 2 x 2 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: B o x o x W x o x 2 black and 2 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B o x o o x W x x o x o o x o x 2 black and 2 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B o x o o x W x B o x o o x W x 3 black and 3 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B o x o x o x W x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x 2 black and 2 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B o x o B o x W x o x W x o x o x o x o x o x o x 3 black and 3 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B o x o B o x W x o x W x o x o x o B o x W x o x 4 black and 4 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: x B x B x o x o x B W o W o x o x o x B W o W o x 5 black and 5 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B o x o x o o x W x o x x o x o x o o x o x o x x o x o x o o x o x o x 2 black and 2 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B o x o B o o x W x o x x W x o x o o x o x o x x o x o x o o x o x o x 3 black and 3 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B o x o B B o x W x o x x W x o x o o x o x o x x o W o x o o x o x o x 4 black and 4 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B o x o B B o x W x o x x W x o x o o x o x o B x o W W x o o x o x o x 5 black and 5 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: x B x o B o o x o B o B W o x o x o W x W x o x x o x o x B W x W x o x 6 black and 6 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B o x o x o x o x W x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x 2 black and 2 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B o x o B o x o x W x o x W x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x 3 black and 3 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B o x o B o x o x W x o x W B o x o x o x o x W x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x 4 black and 4 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B o x o B o x o x W x o x W B o x o B o x o x W x o x W x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x 5 black and 5 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B o x o B o x o x W x o x W B o x o B o x o x W x o x W B o x o x o x o x W x o x o x o x o x o x 6 black and 6 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B o x o B o x o x W x o x W B o x o B o x o x W x o x W B o x o B o x o x W x o x W x o x o x o x 7 black and 7 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: x B x o x B x o B o x B x o x B x o x B x o x o x B x o W o W o x o W o x o W o x o W o W W x o x
C
<lang c>#include <math.h>
- include <stdbool.h>
- include <stdio.h>
- include <stdlib.h>
enum Piece {
Empty, Black, White,
};
typedef struct Position_t {
int x, y;
} Position;
///////////////////////////////////////////////
struct Node_t {
Position pos; struct Node_t *next;
};
void releaseNode(struct Node_t *head) {
if (head == NULL) return;
releaseNode(head->next); head->next = NULL;
free(head);
}
typedef struct List_t {
struct Node_t *head; struct Node_t *tail; size_t length;
} List;
List makeList() {
return (List) { NULL, NULL, 0 };
}
void releaseList(List *lst) {
if (lst == NULL) return;
releaseNode(lst->head); lst->head = NULL; lst->tail = NULL;
}
void addNode(List *lst, Position pos) {
struct Node_t *newNode;
if (lst == NULL) {
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
newNode = malloc(sizeof(struct Node_t));
if (newNode == NULL) {
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
newNode->next = NULL; newNode->pos = pos;
if (lst->head == NULL) {
lst->head = lst->tail = newNode;
} else {
lst->tail->next = newNode;
lst->tail = newNode;
}
lst->length++;
}
void removeAt(List *lst, size_t pos) {
if (lst == NULL) return;
if (pos == 0) {
struct Node_t *temp = lst->head;
if (lst->tail == lst->head) {
lst->tail = NULL;
}
lst->head = lst->head->next;
temp->next = NULL;
free(temp);
lst->length--;
} else {
struct Node_t *temp = lst->head;
struct Node_t *rem;
size_t i = pos;
while (i-- > 1) {
temp = temp->next;
}
rem = temp->next;
if (rem == lst->tail) {
lst->tail = temp;
}
temp->next = rem->next;
rem->next = NULL;
free(rem);
lst->length--; }
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////
bool isAttacking(Position queen, Position pos) {
return queen.x == pos.x
|| queen.y == pos.y
|| abs(queen.x - pos.x) == abs(queen.y - pos.y);
}
bool place(int m, int n, List *pBlackQueens, List *pWhiteQueens) {
struct Node_t *queenNode; bool placingBlack = true; int i, j;
if (pBlackQueens == NULL || pWhiteQueens == NULL) {
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (m == 0) return true;
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
Position pos = { i, j };
queenNode = pBlackQueens->head;
while (queenNode != NULL) {
if ((queenNode->pos.x == pos.x && queenNode->pos.y == pos.y) || !placingBlack && isAttacking(queenNode->pos, pos)) {
goto inner;
}
queenNode = queenNode->next;
}
queenNode = pWhiteQueens->head;
while (queenNode != NULL) {
if ((queenNode->pos.x == pos.x && queenNode->pos.y == pos.y) || placingBlack && isAttacking(queenNode->pos, pos)) {
goto inner;
}
queenNode = queenNode->next;
}
if (placingBlack) {
addNode(pBlackQueens, pos);
placingBlack = false;
} else {
addNode(pWhiteQueens, pos);
if (place(m - 1, n, pBlackQueens, pWhiteQueens)) {
return true;
}
removeAt(pBlackQueens, pBlackQueens->length - 1);
removeAt(pWhiteQueens, pWhiteQueens->length - 1);
placingBlack = true;
}
inner: {}
}
}
if (!placingBlack) {
removeAt(pBlackQueens, pBlackQueens->length - 1);
}
return false;
}
void printBoard(int n, List *pBlackQueens, List *pWhiteQueens) {
size_t length = n * n; struct Node_t *queenNode; char *board; size_t i, j, k;
if (pBlackQueens == NULL || pWhiteQueens == NULL) {
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
board = calloc(length, sizeof(char));
if (board == NULL) {
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
queenNode = pBlackQueens->head;
while (queenNode != NULL) {
board[queenNode->pos.x * n + queenNode->pos.y] = Black;
queenNode = queenNode->next;
}
queenNode = pWhiteQueens->head;
while (queenNode != NULL) {
board[queenNode->pos.x * n + queenNode->pos.y] = White;
queenNode = queenNode->next;
}
for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
if (i != 0 && i % n == 0) {
printf("\n");
}
switch (board[i]) {
case Black:
printf("B ");
break;
case White:
printf("W ");
break;
default:
j = i / n;
k = i - j * n;
if (j % 2 == k % 2) {
printf(" ");
} else {
printf("# ");
}
break;
}
}
printf("\n\n");
}
void test(int n, int q) {
List blackQueens = makeList(); List whiteQueens = makeList();
printf("%d black and %d white queens on a %d x %d board:\n", q, q, n, n);
if (place(q, n, &blackQueens, &whiteQueens)) {
printBoard(n, &blackQueens, &whiteQueens);
} else {
printf("No solution exists.\n\n");
}
releaseList(&blackQueens); releaseList(&whiteQueens);
}
int main() {
test(2, 1);
test(3, 1); test(3, 2);
test(4, 1); test(4, 2); test(4, 3);
test(5, 1); test(5, 2); test(5, 3); test(5, 4); test(5, 5);
test(6, 1); test(6, 2); test(6, 3); test(6, 4); test(6, 5); test(6, 6);
test(7, 1); test(7, 2); test(7, 3); test(7, 4); test(7, 5); test(7, 6); test(7, 7);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}</lang>
- Output:
1 black and 1 white queens on a 2 x 2 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: B # # W # 2 black and 2 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B # # # W # # # # 2 black and 2 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B # # # W B # # # W 3 black and 3 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B # # # W # # # # # # # # 2 black and 2 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B # # B # W # W # # # # # # 3 black and 3 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B # # B # W # W # # # B # W # 4 black and 4 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B B # # B W # W # # # B W # W # 5 black and 5 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B # # # # W # # # # # # # # # # # # # 2 black and 2 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B # # B # # W # W # # # # # # # # # # # 3 black and 3 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B # # B B # W # W # # # # # # W # # # # # 4 black and 4 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B # # B B # W # W # # # # # B # W W # # # # 5 black and 5 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B # B # # # B # B W # # # W W # # # B W W # 6 black and 6 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # # # # W # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 2 black and 2 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # # B # # W # W # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 3 black and 3 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # # B # # W # W B # # # # W # # # # # # # # # # # # 4 black and 4 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # # B # # W # W B # # B # # W # W # # # # # # # # # # 5 black and 5 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # # B # # W # W B # # B # # W # W B # # # # W # # # # # 6 black and 6 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # # B # # W # W B # # B # # W # W B # # B # # W # W # # # 7 black and 7 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # B # B # B # B # B # # B # W # W # # W # # W # # W # W W #
C#
<lang csharp>using System; using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace PeacefulChessQueenArmies {
using Position = Tuple<int, int>;
enum Piece {
Empty,
Black,
White
}
class Program {
static bool IsAttacking(Position queen, Position pos) {
return queen.Item1 == pos.Item1
|| queen.Item2 == pos.Item2
|| Math.Abs(queen.Item1 - pos.Item1) == Math.Abs(queen.Item2 - pos.Item2);
}
static bool Place(int m, int n, List<Position> pBlackQueens, List<Position> pWhiteQueens) {
if (m == 0) {
return true;
}
bool placingBlack = true;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
var pos = new Position(i, j);
foreach (var queen in pBlackQueens) {
if (queen.Equals(pos) || !placingBlack && IsAttacking(queen, pos)) {
goto inner;
}
}
foreach (var queen in pWhiteQueens) {
if (queen.Equals(pos) || placingBlack && IsAttacking(queen, pos)) {
goto inner;
}
}
if (placingBlack) {
pBlackQueens.Add(pos);
placingBlack = false;
} else {
pWhiteQueens.Add(pos);
if (Place(m - 1, n, pBlackQueens, pWhiteQueens)) {
return true;
}
pBlackQueens.RemoveAt(pBlackQueens.Count - 1);
pWhiteQueens.RemoveAt(pWhiteQueens.Count - 1);
placingBlack = true;
}
inner: { }
}
}
if (!placingBlack) {
pBlackQueens.RemoveAt(pBlackQueens.Count - 1);
}
return false;
}
static void PrintBoard(int n, List<Position> blackQueens, List<Position> whiteQueens) {
var board = new Piece[n * n];
foreach (var queen in blackQueens) {
board[queen.Item1 * n + queen.Item2] = Piece.Black;
}
foreach (var queen in whiteQueens) {
board[queen.Item1 * n + queen.Item2] = Piece.White;
}
for (int i = 0; i < board.Length; i++) {
if (i != 0 && i % n == 0) {
Console.WriteLine();
}
switch (board[i]) {
case Piece.Black:
Console.Write("B ");
break;
case Piece.White:
Console.Write("W ");
break;
case Piece.Empty:
int j = i / n;
int k = i - j * n;
if (j % 2 == k % 2) {
Console.Write(" ");
} else {
Console.Write("# ");
}
break;
}
}
Console.WriteLine("\n");
}
static void Main() {
var nms = new int[,] {
{2, 1}, {3, 1}, {3, 2}, {4, 1}, {4, 2}, {4, 3},
{5, 1}, {5, 2}, {5, 3}, {5, 4}, {5, 5},
{6, 1}, {6, 2}, {6, 3}, {6, 4}, {6, 5}, {6, 6},
{7, 1}, {7, 2}, {7, 3}, {7, 4}, {7, 5}, {7, 6}, {7, 7},
};
for (int i = 0; i < nms.GetLength(0); i++) {
Console.WriteLine("{0} black and {0} white queens on a {1} x {1} board:", nms[i, 1], nms[i, 0]);
List<Position> blackQueens = new List<Position>();
List<Position> whiteQueens = new List<Position>();
if (Place(nms[i, 1], nms[i, 0], blackQueens, whiteQueens)) {
PrintBoard(nms[i, 0], blackQueens, whiteQueens);
} else {
Console.WriteLine("No solution exists.\n");
}
}
}
}
}</lang>
- Output:
1 black and 1 white queens on a 2 x 2 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: B # # W # 2 black and 2 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B # # # W # # # # 2 black and 2 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B # # # W B # # # W 3 black and 3 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B # # # W # # # # # # # # 2 black and 2 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B # # B # W # W # # # # # # 3 black and 3 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B # # B # W # W # # # B # W # 4 black and 4 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B B # # B W # W # # # B W # W # 5 black and 5 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B # # # # W # # # # # # # # # # # # # 2 black and 2 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B # # B # # W # W # # # # # # # # # # # 3 black and 3 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B # # B B # W # W # # # # # # W # # # # # 4 black and 4 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B # # B B # W # W # # # # # B # W W # # # # 5 black and 5 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B # B # # # B # B W # # # W W # # # B W W # 6 black and 6 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # # # # W # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 2 black and 2 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # # B # # W # W # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 3 black and 3 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # # B # # W # W B # # # # W # # # # # # # # # # # # 4 black and 4 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # # B # # W # W B # # B # # W # W # # # # # # # # # # 5 black and 5 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # # B # # W # W B # # B # # W # W B # # # # W # # # # # 6 black and 6 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # # B # # W # W B # # B # # W # W B # # B # # W # W # # # 7 black and 7 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B # B # B # B # B # B # # B # W # W # # W # # W # # W # W W #
C++
<lang cpp>#include <iostream>
- include <vector>
enum class Piece {
empty, black, white
};
typedef std::pair<int, int> position;
bool isAttacking(const position &queen, const position &pos) {
return queen.first == pos.first
|| queen.second == pos.second
|| abs(queen.first - pos.first) == abs(queen.second - pos.second);
}
bool place(const int m, const int n, std::vector<position> &pBlackQueens, std::vector<position> &pWhiteQueens) {
if (m == 0) {
return true;
}
bool placingBlack = true;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
auto pos = std::make_pair(i, j);
for (auto queen : pBlackQueens) {
if (queen == pos || !placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos)) {
goto inner;
}
}
for (auto queen : pWhiteQueens) {
if (queen == pos || placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos)) {
goto inner;
}
}
if (placingBlack) {
pBlackQueens.push_back(pos);
placingBlack = false;
} else {
pWhiteQueens.push_back(pos);
if (place(m - 1, n, pBlackQueens, pWhiteQueens)) {
return true;
}
pBlackQueens.pop_back();
pWhiteQueens.pop_back();
placingBlack = true;
}
inner: {}
}
}
if (!placingBlack) {
pBlackQueens.pop_back();
}
return false;
}
void printBoard(int n, const std::vector<position> &blackQueens, const std::vector<position> &whiteQueens) {
std::vector<Piece> board(n * n); std::fill(board.begin(), board.end(), Piece::empty);
for (auto &queen : blackQueens) {
board[queen.first * n + queen.second] = Piece::black;
}
for (auto &queen : whiteQueens) {
board[queen.first * n + queen.second] = Piece::white;
}
for (size_t i = 0; i < board.size(); ++i) {
if (i != 0 && i % n == 0) {
std::cout << '\n';
}
switch (board[i]) {
case Piece::black:
std::cout << "B ";
break;
case Piece::white:
std::cout << "W ";
break;
case Piece::empty:
default:
int j = i / n;
int k = i - j * n;
if (j % 2 == k % 2) {
std::cout << "x ";
} else {
std::cout << "* ";
}
break;
}
}
std::cout << "\n\n";
}
int main() {
std::vector<position> nms = {
{2, 1}, {3, 1}, {3, 2}, {4, 1}, {4, 2}, {4, 3},
{5, 1}, {5, 2}, {5, 3}, {5, 4}, {5, 5},
{6, 1}, {6, 2}, {6, 3}, {6, 4}, {6, 5}, {6, 6},
{7, 1}, {7, 2}, {7, 3}, {7, 4}, {7, 5}, {7, 6}, {7, 7},
};
for (auto nm : nms) {
std::cout << nm.second << " black and " << nm.second << " white queens on a " << nm.first << " x " << nm.first << " board:\n";
std::vector<position> blackQueens, whiteQueens;
if (place(nm.second, nm.first, blackQueens, whiteQueens)) {
printBoard(nm.first, blackQueens, whiteQueens);
} else {
std::cout << "No solution exists.\n\n";
}
}
return 0;
}</lang>
- Output:
1 black and 1 white queens on a 2 x 2 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: B * x * x W x * x 2 black and 2 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B * x * * x W x x * x * * x * x 2 black and 2 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B * x * * x W x B * x * * x W x 3 black and 3 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B * x * x * x W x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x 2 black and 2 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B * x * B * x W x * x W x * x * x * x * x * x * x 3 black and 3 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B * x * B * x W x * x W x * x * x * B * x W x * x 4 black and 4 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: x B x B x * x * x B W * W * x * x * x B W * W * x 5 black and 5 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B * x * x * * x W x * x x * x * x * * x * x * x x * x * x * * x * x * x 2 black and 2 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B * x * B * * x W x * x x W x * x * * x * x * x x * x * x * * x * x * x 3 black and 3 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B * x * B B * x W x * x x W x * x * * x * x * x x * W * x * * x * x * x 4 black and 4 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B * x * B B * x W x * x x W x * x * * x * x * B x * W W x * * x * x * x 5 black and 5 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: x B x * B * * x * B * B W * x * x * W x W x * x x * x * x B W x W x * x 6 black and 6 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B * x * x * x * x W x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x 2 black and 2 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B * x * B * x * x W x * x W x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x 3 black and 3 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B * x * B * x * x W x * x W B * x * x * x * x W x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x 4 black and 4 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B * x * B * x * x W x * x W B * x * B * x * x W x * x W x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x 5 black and 5 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B * x * B * x * x W x * x W B * x * B * x * x W x * x W B * x * x * x * x W x * x * x * x * x * x 6 black and 6 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B * x * B * x * x W x * x W B * x * B * x * x W x * x W B * x * B * x * x W x * x W x * x * x * x 7 black and 7 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: x B x * x B x * B * x B x * x B x * x B x * x * x B x * W * W * x * W * x * W * x * W * W W x * x
D
<lang d>import std.array; import std.math; import std.stdio; import std.typecons;
enum Piece {
empty, black, white,
}
alias position = Tuple!(int, "i", int, "j");
bool place(int m, int n, ref position[] pBlackQueens, ref position[] pWhiteQueens) {
if (m == 0) {
return true;
}
bool placingBlack = true;
foreach (i; 0..n) {
inner:
foreach (j; 0..n) {
auto pos = position(i, j);
foreach (queen; pBlackQueens) {
if (queen == pos || !placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos)) {
continue inner;
}
}
foreach (queen; pWhiteQueens) {
if (queen == pos || placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos)) {
continue inner;
}
}
if (placingBlack) {
pBlackQueens ~= pos;
placingBlack = false;
} else {
pWhiteQueens ~= pos;
if (place(m - 1, n, pBlackQueens, pWhiteQueens)) {
return true;
}
pBlackQueens.length--;
pWhiteQueens.length--;
placingBlack = true;
}
}
}
if (!placingBlack) {
pBlackQueens.length--;
}
return false;
}
bool isAttacking(position queen, position pos) {
return queen.i == pos.i
|| queen.j == pos.j
|| abs(queen.i - pos.i) == abs(queen.j - pos.j);
}
void printBoard(int n, position[] blackQueens, position[] whiteQueens) {
auto board = uninitializedArray!(Piece[])(n * n); board[] = Piece.empty;
foreach (queen; blackQueens) {
board[queen.i * n + queen.j] = Piece.black;
}
foreach (queen; whiteQueens) {
board[queen.i * n + queen.j] = Piece.white;
}
foreach (i,b; board) {
if (i != 0 && i % n == 0) {
writeln;
}
final switch (b) {
case Piece.black:
write("B ");
break;
case Piece.white:
write("W ");
break;
case Piece.empty:
int j = i / n;
int k = i - j * n;
if (j % 2 == k % 2) {
write("• "w);
} else {
write("◦ "w);
}
break;
}
}
writeln('\n');
}
void main() {
auto nms = [
[2, 1], [3, 1], [3, 2], [4, 1], [4, 2], [4, 3],
[5, 1], [5, 2], [5, 3], [5, 4], [5, 5],
[6, 1], [6, 2], [6, 3], [6, 4], [6, 5], [6, 6],
[7, 1], [7, 2], [7, 3], [7, 4], [7, 5], [7, 6], [7, 7],
];
foreach (nm; nms) {
writefln("%d black and %d white queens on a %d x %d board:", nm[1], nm[1], nm[0], nm[0]);
position[] blackQueens;
position[] whiteQueens;
if (place(nm[1], nm[0], blackQueens, whiteQueens)) {
printBoard(nm[0], blackQueens, whiteQueens);
} else {
writeln("No solution exists.\n");
}
}
}</lang>
- Output:
1 black and 1 white queens on a 2 x 2 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: • B • B • ◦ • ◦ • B W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • B W ◦ W ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ B B ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ B B ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B • ◦ W W • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: • B • ◦ B ◦ ◦ • ◦ B ◦ B W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W • W • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • B W • W • ◦ • 6 black and 6 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 6 black and 6 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 7 black and 7 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: • B • ◦ • B • ◦ B ◦ • B • ◦ • B • ◦ • B • ◦ • ◦ • B • ◦ W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ W W • ◦ •
Go
This is based on the C# code here.
Textual rather than HTML output. Whilst the unicode symbols for the black and white queens are recognized by the Ubuntu 16.04 terminal, I found it hard to visually distinguish between them so I've used 'B' and 'W' instead. <lang go>package main
import "fmt"
const (
empty = iota black white
)
const (
bqueen = 'B' wqueen = 'W' bbullet = '•' wbullet = '◦'
)
type position struct{ i, j int }
func iabs(i int) int {
if i < 0 {
return -i
}
return i
}
func place(m, n int, pBlackQueens, pWhiteQueens *[]position) bool {
if m == 0 {
return true
}
placingBlack := true
for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
inner:
for j := 0; j < n; j++ {
pos := position{i, j}
for _, queen := range *pBlackQueens {
if queen == pos || !placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos) {
continue inner
}
}
for _, queen := range *pWhiteQueens {
if queen == pos || placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos) {
continue inner
}
}
if placingBlack {
*pBlackQueens = append(*pBlackQueens, pos)
placingBlack = false
} else {
*pWhiteQueens = append(*pWhiteQueens, pos)
if place(m-1, n, pBlackQueens, pWhiteQueens) {
return true
}
*pBlackQueens = (*pBlackQueens)[0 : len(*pBlackQueens)-1]
*pWhiteQueens = (*pWhiteQueens)[0 : len(*pWhiteQueens)-1]
placingBlack = true
}
}
}
if !placingBlack {
*pBlackQueens = (*pBlackQueens)[0 : len(*pBlackQueens)-1]
}
return false
}
func isAttacking(queen, pos position) bool {
if queen.i == pos.i {
return true
}
if queen.j == pos.j {
return true
}
if iabs(queen.i-pos.i) == iabs(queen.j-pos.j) {
return true
}
return false
}
func printBoard(n int, blackQueens, whiteQueens []position) {
board := make([]int, n*n)
for _, queen := range blackQueens {
board[queen.i*n+queen.j] = black
}
for _, queen := range whiteQueens {
board[queen.i*n+queen.j] = white
}
for i, b := range board {
if i != 0 && i%n == 0 {
fmt.Println()
}
switch b {
case black:
fmt.Printf("%c ", bqueen)
case white:
fmt.Printf("%c ", wqueen)
case empty:
if i%2 == 0 {
fmt.Printf("%c ", bbullet)
} else {
fmt.Printf("%c ", wbullet)
}
}
}
fmt.Println("\n")
}
func main() {
nms := [][2]int{
{2, 1}, {3, 1}, {3, 2}, {4, 1}, {4, 2}, {4, 3},
{5, 1}, {5, 2}, {5, 3}, {5, 4}, {5, 5},
{6, 1}, {6, 2}, {6, 3}, {6, 4}, {6, 5}, {6, 6},
{7, 1}, {7, 2}, {7, 3}, {7, 4}, {7, 5}, {7, 6}, {7, 7},
}
for _, nm := range nms {
n, m := nm[0], nm[1]
fmt.Printf("%d black and %d white queens on a %d x %d board:\n", m, m, n, n)
var blackQueens, whiteQueens []position
if place(m, n, &blackQueens, &whiteQueens) {
printBoard(n, blackQueens, whiteQueens)
} else {
fmt.Println("No solution exists.\n")
}
}
}</lang>
- Output:
1 black and 1 white queens on a 2 x 2 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ 2 black and 2 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ 3 black and 3 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: • B • B • ◦ • ◦ • B W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • B W ◦ W ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ 2 black and 2 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ 3 black and 3 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ B B • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ 4 black and 4 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ B B • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • B • ◦ W W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ 5 black and 5 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: • B • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • B • B W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • B W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ 6 black and 6 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 6 black and 6 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 7 black and 7 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: • B • ◦ • B • ◦ B ◦ • B • ◦ • B • ◦ • B • ◦ • ◦ • B • ◦ W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ W W • ◦ •
Java
<lang java>import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List;
public class Peaceful {
enum Piece {
Empty,
Black,
White,
}
public static class Position {
public int x, y;
public Position(int x, int y) {
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
}
@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
if (obj instanceof Position) {
Position pos = (Position) obj;
return pos.x == x && pos.y == y;
}
return false;
}
}
private static boolean place(int m, int n, List<Position> pBlackQueens, List<Position> pWhiteQueens) {
if (m == 0) {
return true;
}
boolean placingBlack = true;
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
inner:
for (int j = 0; j < n; ++j) {
Position pos = new Position(i, j);
for (Position queen : pBlackQueens) {
if (pos.equals(queen) || !placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos)) {
continue inner;
}
}
for (Position queen : pWhiteQueens) {
if (pos.equals(queen) || placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos)) {
continue inner;
}
}
if (placingBlack) {
pBlackQueens.add(pos);
placingBlack = false;
} else {
pWhiteQueens.add(pos);
if (place(m - 1, n, pBlackQueens, pWhiteQueens)) {
return true;
}
pBlackQueens.remove(pBlackQueens.size() - 1);
pWhiteQueens.remove(pWhiteQueens.size() - 1);
placingBlack = true;
}
}
}
if (!placingBlack) {
pBlackQueens.remove(pBlackQueens.size() - 1);
}
return false;
}
private static boolean isAttacking(Position queen, Position pos) {
return queen.x == pos.x
|| queen.y == pos.y
|| Math.abs(queen.x - pos.x) == Math.abs(queen.y - pos.y);
}
private static void printBoard(int n, List<Position> blackQueens, List<Position> whiteQueens) {
Piece[] board = new Piece[n * n];
Arrays.fill(board, Piece.Empty);
for (Position queen : blackQueens) {
board[queen.x + n * queen.y] = Piece.Black;
}
for (Position queen : whiteQueens) {
board[queen.x + n * queen.y] = Piece.White;
}
for (int i = 0; i < board.length; ++i) {
if ((i != 0) && i % n == 0) {
System.out.println();
}
Piece b = board[i];
if (b == Piece.Black) {
System.out.print("B ");
} else if (b == Piece.White) {
System.out.print("W ");
} else {
int j = i / n;
int k = i - j * n;
if (j % 2 == k % 2) {
System.out.print("• ");
} else {
System.out.print("◦ ");
}
}
}
System.out.println('\n');
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<Position> nms = List.of(
new Position(2, 1),
new Position(3, 1),
new Position(3, 2),
new Position(4, 1),
new Position(4, 2),
new Position(4, 3),
new Position(5, 1),
new Position(5, 2),
new Position(5, 3),
new Position(5, 4),
new Position(5, 5),
new Position(6, 1),
new Position(6, 2),
new Position(6, 3),
new Position(6, 4),
new Position(6, 5),
new Position(6, 6),
new Position(7, 1),
new Position(7, 2),
new Position(7, 3),
new Position(7, 4),
new Position(7, 5),
new Position(7, 6),
new Position(7, 7)
);
for (Position nm : nms) {
int m = nm.y;
int n = nm.x;
System.out.printf("%d black and %d white queens on a %d x %d board:\n", m, m, n, n);
List<Position> blackQueens = new ArrayList<>();
List<Position> whiteQueens = new ArrayList<>();
if (place(m, n, blackQueens, whiteQueens)) {
printBoard(n, blackQueens, whiteQueens);
} else {
System.out.println("No solution exists.\n");
}
}
}
}</lang>
- Output:
1 black and 1 white queens on a 2 x 2 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • • W • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B ◦ B ◦ ◦ • ◦ • • W • W ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: • ◦ W ◦ W B • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ W B • ◦ • ◦ • B • B • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ W ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B • ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ W ◦ ◦ • ◦ • W • B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B • ◦ B ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: • ◦ W W • W B • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ • W • W ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ B ◦ • B • 6 black and 6 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • ◦ • 6 black and 6 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • W • 7 black and 7 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ W B B B • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W W • B • B • ◦ • B • B • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ •
Julia
GUI version, uses the Gtk library. The place! function is condensed from the C# example. <lang julia>using Gtk
struct Position
row::Int col::Int
end
function place!(numeach, bsize, bqueens, wqueens)
isattack(q, pos) = (q.row == pos.row || q.col == pos.col ||
abs(q.row - pos.row) == abs(q.col - pos.col))
noattack(qs, pos) = !any(x -> isattack(x, pos), qs)
positionopen(bqs, wqs, p) = !any(x -> x == p, bqs) && !any(x -> x == p, wqs)
placingbqueens = true
if numeach < 1
return true
end
for i in 1:bsize, j in 1:bsize
bpos = Position(i, j)
if positionopen(bqueens, wqueens, bpos)
if placingbqueens && noattack(wqueens, bpos)
push!(bqueens, bpos)
placingbqueens = false
elseif !placingbqueens && noattack(bqueens, bpos)
push!(wqueens, bpos)
if place!(numeach - 1, bsize, bqueens, wqueens)
return true
end
pop!(bqueens)
pop!(wqueens)
placingbqueens = true
end
end
end
if !placingbqueens
pop!(bqueens)
end
false
end
function peacefulqueenapp()
win = GtkWindow("Peaceful Chess Queen Armies", 800, 800) |> (GtkFrame() |> (box = GtkBox(:v)))
boardsize = 5
numqueenseach = 4
hbox = GtkBox(:h)
boardscale = GtkScale(false, 2:16)
set_gtk_property!(boardscale, :hexpand, true)
blabel = GtkLabel("Choose Board Size")
nqueenscale = GtkScale(false, 1:24)
set_gtk_property!(nqueenscale, :hexpand, true)
qlabel = GtkLabel("Choose Number of Queens Per Side")
solveit = GtkButton("Solve")
set_gtk_property!(solveit, :label, " Solve ")
solvequeens(wid) = (boardsize = Int(GAccessor.value(boardscale));
numqueenseach = Int(GAccessor.value(nqueenscale)); update!())
signal_connect(solvequeens, solveit, :clicked)
map(w->push!(hbox, w),[blabel, boardscale, qlabel, nqueenscale, solveit])
scrwin = GtkScrolledWindow()
grid = GtkGrid()
push!(scrwin, grid)
map(w -> push!(box, w),[hbox, scrwin])
piece = (white = "\u2655", black = "\u265B", blank = " ")
stylist = GtkStyleProvider(Gtk.CssProviderLeaf(data="""
label {background-image: image(cornsilk); font-size: 48px;}
button {background-image: image(tan); font-size: 48px;}"""))
function update!()
bqueens, wqueens = Vector{Position}(), Vector{Position}()
place!(numqueenseach, boardsize, bqueens, wqueens)
if length(bqueens) == 0
warn_dialog("No solution for board size $boardsize and $numqueenseach queens each.", win)
return
end
empty!(grid)
labels = Array{Gtk.GtkLabelLeaf, 2}(undef, (boardsize, boardsize))
buttons = Array{GtkButtonLeaf, 2}(undef, (boardsize, boardsize))
for i in 1:boardsize, j in 1:boardsize
if isodd(i + j)
grid[i, j] = buttons[i, j] = GtkButton(piece.blank)
set_gtk_property!(buttons[i, j], :expand, true)
push!(Gtk.GAccessor.style_context(buttons[i, j]), stylist, 600)
else
grid[i, j] = labels[i, j] = GtkLabel(piece.blank)
set_gtk_property!(labels[i, j], :expand, true)
push!(Gtk.GAccessor.style_context(labels[i, j]), stylist, 600)
end
pos = Position(i, j)
if pos in bqueens
set_gtk_property!(grid[i, j], :label, piece.black)
elseif pos in wqueens
set_gtk_property!(grid[i, j], :label, piece.white)
end
end
showall(win)
end
update!() cond = Condition() endit(w) = notify(cond) signal_connect(endit, win, :destroy) showall(win) wait(cond)
end
peacefulqueenapp() </lang>
Kotlin
<lang scala>import kotlin.math.abs
enum class Piece {
Empty, Black, White,
}
typealias Position = Pair<Int, Int>
fun place(m: Int, n: Int, pBlackQueens: MutableList<Position>, pWhiteQueens: MutableList<Position>): Boolean {
if (m == 0) {
return true
}
var placingBlack = true
for (i in 0 until n) {
inner@
for (j in 0 until n) {
val pos = Position(i, j)
for (queen in pBlackQueens) {
if (queen == pos || !placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos)) {
continue@inner
}
}
for (queen in pWhiteQueens) {
if (queen == pos || placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos)) {
continue@inner
}
}
placingBlack = if (placingBlack) {
pBlackQueens.add(pos)
false
} else {
pWhiteQueens.add(pos)
if (place(m - 1, n, pBlackQueens, pWhiteQueens)) {
return true
}
pBlackQueens.removeAt(pBlackQueens.lastIndex)
pWhiteQueens.removeAt(pWhiteQueens.lastIndex)
true
}
}
}
if (!placingBlack) {
pBlackQueens.removeAt(pBlackQueens.lastIndex)
}
return false
}
fun isAttacking(queen: Position, pos: Position): Boolean {
return queen.first == pos.first
|| queen.second == pos.second
|| abs(queen.first - pos.first) == abs(queen.second - pos.second)
}
fun printBoard(n: Int, blackQueens: List<Position>, whiteQueens: List<Position>) {
val board = MutableList(n * n) { Piece.Empty }
for (queen in blackQueens) {
board[queen.first * n + queen.second] = Piece.Black
}
for (queen in whiteQueens) {
board[queen.first * n + queen.second] = Piece.White
}
for ((i, b) in board.withIndex()) {
if (i != 0 && i % n == 0) {
println()
}
if (b == Piece.Black) {
print("B ")
} else if (b == Piece.White) {
print("W ")
} else {
val j = i / n
val k = i - j * n
if (j % 2 == k % 2) {
print("• ")
} else {
print("◦ ")
}
}
}
println('\n')
}
fun main() {
val nms = listOf(
Pair(2, 1), Pair(3, 1), Pair(3, 2), Pair(4, 1), Pair(4, 2), Pair(4, 3),
Pair(5, 1), Pair(5, 2), Pair(5, 3), Pair(5, 4), Pair(5, 5),
Pair(6, 1), Pair(6, 2), Pair(6, 3), Pair(6, 4), Pair(6, 5), Pair(6, 6),
Pair(7, 1), Pair(7, 2), Pair(7, 3), Pair(7, 4), Pair(7, 5), Pair(7, 6), Pair(7, 7)
)
for ((n, m) in nms) {
println("$m black and $m white queens on a $n x $n board:")
val blackQueens = mutableListOf<Position>()
val whiteQueens = mutableListOf<Position>()
if (place(m, n, blackQueens, whiteQueens)) {
printBoard(n, blackQueens, whiteQueens)
} else {
println("No solution exists.\n")
}
}
}</lang>
- Output:
1 black and 1 white queens on a 2 x 2 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: • B • B • ◦ • ◦ • B W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • B W ◦ W ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ B B ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ B B ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B • ◦ W W • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: • B • ◦ B ◦ ◦ • ◦ B ◦ B W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W • W • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • B W • W • ◦ • 6 black and 6 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 6 black and 6 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 7 black and 7 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: • B • ◦ • B • ◦ B ◦ • B • ◦ • B • ◦ • B • ◦ • ◦ • B • ◦ W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ W W • ◦ •
Mathematica/Wolfram Language
<lang Mathematica>ClearAll[ValidSpots, VisibleByQueen, SolveQueen, GetSolution] VisualizeState[state_] := Module[{q, cells},
q = MapIndexed[If[#["q"] == -1, {}, Text[Style[#["q"], 24], #2]] &, state, {2}];
cells = MapIndexed[{If[OddQ[Total[#2]], FaceForm[],
FaceForm[GrayLevel[0.8]]], EdgeForm[Black],
Rectangle[#2 - 0.5, #2 + 0.5]} &, state, {2}];
Graphics[{cells, q}]
]
ValidSpots[state_, tp_Integer] := Module[{vals},
vals = Catenate@MapIndexed[If[#1["q"] == -1 \[And] DeleteCases[#1["v"], tp] == {}, #2, Missing[]] &, state, {2}];
DeleteMissing[vals]
]
VisibleByQueen[{i_, j_}, {a_, b_}] := i == a \[Or] j == b \[Or] i + j == a + b \[Or] i - j == a - b PlaceQueen[state_, pos : {i_Integer, j_Integer}, tp_Integer] := Module[{vals, out},
out = state; outi, j = Association[outi, j, "q" -> tp]; out = MapIndexed[If[VisibleByQueen[{i, j}, #2], <|#1, "v" -> Append[#1["v"], tp]|>, #1] &, out, {2}]; out ]
SolveQueen[state_, toplace_List] :=
Module[{len = Length[toplace], next, valid, newstate},
If[len == 0,
Print[VisualizeState@state];
Print[StringRiffle[StringJoin /@ Map[ToString, stateAll, All, "q" /. -1 -> ".", {2}], "\n"]];
Abort[];
,
next = First[toplace];
valid = ValidSpots[state, next];
Do[
newstate = PlaceQueen[state, v, next];
SolveQueen[newstate, Rest[toplace]]
,
{v, valid}
]
]
]
GetSolution[n_Integer?Positive, m_Integer?Positive, numcol_ : 2] :=
Module[{state, tp},
state = ConstantArray[<|"q" -> -1, "v" -> {}|>, {n, n}];
tp = Flatten[Transpose[ConstantArray[#, m] & /@ Range[numcol]]];
SolveQueen[state, tp]
]
GetSolution[8, 4, 3](* Solves placing 3 armies of each 4 queens on an 8*8 board*) GetSolution[5, 4, 2](* Solves placing 2 armies of each 4 queens on an 5*5 board*)</lang>
- Output:
[Graphical object] 1....1.. ..2....2 ....3... .3....3. ...1.... 1....... ..2....2 ....3... [Graphical object] 1...1 ..2.. .2.2. ..2.. 1...1
Nim
Almost a direct translation except for "printBoard" where we have chosen to use a sequence of sequences to simplify the code.
<lang Nim>import sequtils, strformat
type
Piece {.pure.} = enum Empty, Black, White
Position = tuple[x, y: int]
func isAttacking(queen, pos: Position): bool =
queen.x == pos.x or queen.y == pos.y or abs(queen.x - pos.x) == abs(queen.y - pos.y)
func place(m, n: int; blackQueens, whiteQueens: var seq[Position]): bool =
if m == 0: return true
var placingBlack = true for i in 0..<n: for j in 0..<n:
block inner:
let pos: Position = (i, j)
for queen in blackQueens:
if queen == pos or not placingBlack and queen.isAttacking(pos):
break inner
for queen in whiteQueens:
if queen == pos or placingBlack and queen.isAttacking(pos):
break inner
if placingBlack:
blackQueens.add pos
else:
whiteQueens.add pos
if place(m - 1, n, blackQueens, whiteQueens): return true
discard blackQueens.pop()
discard whiteQueens.pop()
placingBlack = not placingBlack
if not placingBlack: discard blackQueens.pop()
proc printBoard(n: int; blackQueens, whiteQueens: seq[Position]) =
var board = newSeqWith(n, newSeq[Piece](n)) # Initialized to Empty.
for queen in blackQueens: board[queen.x][queen.y] = Black for queen in whiteQueens: board[queen.x][queen.y] = White
for i in 0..<n:
for j in 0..<n:
stdout.write case board[i][j]
of Black: "B "
of White: "W "
of Empty: (if (i and 1) == (j and 1): "• " else: "◦ ")
stdout.write '\n'
echo ""
const Nms = [(2, 1), (3, 1), (3, 2), (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3),
(5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5),
(6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6),
(7, 1), (7, 2), (7, 3), (7, 4), (7, 5), (7, 6), (7, 7)]
for (n, m) in Nms:
echo &"{m} black and {m} white queens on a {n} x {n} board:"
var blackQueens, whiteQueens: seq[Position]
if place(m, n, blackQueens, whiteQueens):
printBoard(n, blackQueens, whiteQueens)
else:
echo "No solution exists.\n"</lang>
- Output:
1 black and 1 white queens on a 2 x 2 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: • B • B • ◦ • ◦ • B W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • B W ◦ W ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ B B ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ B B ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B • ◦ W W • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: • B • ◦ B ◦ ◦ • ◦ B ◦ B W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W • W • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • B W • W • ◦ • 6 black and 6 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 6 black and 6 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 7 black and 7 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: • B • ◦ • B • ◦ B ◦ • B • ◦ • B • ◦ • B • ◦ • ◦ • B • ◦ W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ W W • ◦ •
Perl
Terse
<lang perl>use strict; use warnings;
my $m = shift // 4; my $n = shift // 5; my %seen; my $gaps = join '|', qr/-*/, map qr/.{$_}(?:-.{$_})*/s, $n-1, $n, $n+1; my $attack = qr/(\w)(?:$gaps)(?!\1)\w/;
place( scalar ('-' x $n . "\n") x $n ); print "No solution to $m $n\n";
sub place
{
local $_ = shift;
$seen{$_}++ || /$attack/ and return; # previously or attack
(my $have = tr/WB//) < $m * 2 or exit !print "Solution to $m $n\n\n$_";
place( s/-\G/ qw(W B)[$have % 2] /er ) while /-/g; # place next queen
}</lang>
- Output:
Solution to 4 5 W---W --B-- -B-B- --B-- W---W
Verbose
A refactored version of the same code, with fancier output. <lang perl>use strict; use warnings; use feature 'say'; use feature 'state'; use utf8; binmode(STDOUT, ':utf8');
- recursively place the next queen
sub place {
my($board, $n, $m, $empty_square) = @_; state(%seen,$attack,$solution);
# logic of 'attack' regex: queen ( ... paths between queens containing only empty squares ... ) queen of other color
unless ($attack) {
$attack =
'([WB])' . # 1st queen
'(?:' .
join('|',
"[$empty_square]*",
map {
"(?^s:.{$_}(?:[$empty_square].{$_})*)"
} $n-1, $n, $n+1
) .
')' .
'(?!\1)[WB]'; # 2nd queen
}
# pass first result found back up the stack (omit this line to get last result found) return $solution if $solution;
# bail out if seen this configuration previously, or attack detected
return if $seen{$board}++ or $board =~ /$attack/;
# success if queen count is m×2 $solution = $board and return if $m * 2 == (my $have = $board =~ tr/WB//);
# place the next queen (alternating colors each time)
place( $board =~ s/[$empty_square]\G/ qw<W B>[$have % 2] /er, $n, $m, $empty_square )
while $board =~ /[$empty_square]/g;
return $solution
}
my($m, $n) = $#ARGV == 1 ? @ARGV : (4, 5); my $empty_square = '◦•'; my $board = join "\n", map { substr $empty_square x $n, $_%2, $n } 1..$n;
my $solution = place $board, $n, $m, $empty_square;
say $solution
? sprintf "Solution to $m $n\n\n%s", map { s/(.)/$1 /gm; s/B /♛/gm; s/W /♕/gmr } $solution
: "No solution to $m $n";</lang>
- Output:
Solution to 4 5 ♕◦ • ◦ ♕ ◦ • ♛• ◦ • ♛• ♛• ◦ • ♛• ◦ ♕◦ • ◦ ♕
Phix
<lang Phix>-- demo\rosetta\Queen_Armies.exw string html = "" constant as_html = true constant queens = {``,
`♛`,
`♕`,
`?`}
procedure showboard(integer n, sequence blackqueens, whitequeens)
sequence board = repeat(repeat('-',n),n)
for i=1 to length(blackqueens) do
integer {qi,qj} = blackqueens[i]
board[qi,qj] = 'B'
{qi,qj} = whitequeens[i]
board[qi,qj] = 'W'
end for
if as_html then
string out = sprintf("
## %d black and %d white queens on a %d-by-%d board
\n",
{length(blackqueens),length(whitequeens),n,n}),
tbl = ""
out &= "
\n " for x=1 to n do for y=1 to n do if y=1 then tbl &= " \n \n" end if integer xw = find({x,y},blackqueens)!=0, xb = find({x,y},whitequeens)!=0, dx = xw+xb*2+1 string ch = queens[dx], bg = iff(mod(x+y,2)?"":` bgcolor="silver"`) tbl &= sprintf(" \n",{bg,ch}) end for
end for
out &= tbl[11..$]
out &= " \n| %s |
\n
\n"
html &= out
else
integer b = length(blackqueens),
w = length(whitequeens)
printf(1,"%d black and %d white queens on a %d x %d board:\n", {b, w, n, n})
puts(1,join(board,"\n")&"\n")
-- ?{n,blackqueens, whitequeens}
end if
end procedure
function isAttacking(sequence queen, pos)
integer {qi,qj} = queen, {pi,pj} = pos
return qi=pi or qj=pj or abs(qi-pi)=abs(qj-pj)
end function
function place(integer m, n, sequence blackqueens = {}, whitequeens = {})
if m == 0 then showboard(n,blackqueens,whitequeens) return true end if
bool placingBlack := true
for i=1 to n do
for j=1 to n do
sequence pos := {i, j}
for q=1 to length(blackqueens) do
sequence queen := blackqueens[q]
if queen == pos or ((not placingBlack) and isAttacking(queen, pos)) then
pos = {}
exit
end if
end for
if pos!={} then
for q=1 to length(whitequeens) do
sequence queen := whitequeens[q]
if queen == pos or (placingBlack and isAttacking(queen, pos)) then
pos = {}
exit
end if
end for
if pos!={} then
if placingBlack then
blackqueens = append(blackqueens, pos)
placingBlack = false
else
whitequeens = append(whitequeens, pos)
if place(m-1, n, blackqueens, whitequeens) then return true end if
blackqueens = blackqueens[1..$-1]
whitequeens = whitequeens[1..$-1]
placingBlack = true
end if
end if
end if
end for
end for
return false
end function
for n=2 to 7 do
for m=1 to n-(n<5) do
if not place(m,n) then
string no = sprintf("Cannot place %d+ queen armies on a %d-by-%d board",{m,n,n})
if as_html then
html &= sprintf("# %s
\n\n",{no})
else
printf(1,"%s.\n", {no})
end if
end if
end for
end for
constant html_header = """ <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en">
<head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Rosettacode Rank Languages by popularity</title> </head> <body>
queen armies
""", -- or
html_footer = """ </body>
</html>
""" -- orif as_html then
integer fn = open("queen_armies.html","w")
puts(fn,html_header)
puts(fn,html)
puts(fn,html_footer)
close(fn)
printf(1,"See queen_armies.html\n")
end if
?"done" {} = wait_key()</lang>
- Output:
with as_html = false
Cannot place 1+ queen armies on a 2-by-2 board. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: B-- --W --- Cannot place 2+ queen armies on a 3-by-3 board. <snip> 7 black and 7 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: -B---B- -B--B-- -B---B- ----B-- W-W---W ---W--- W-WW---
- Output:
with as_html = true
# Cannot place 1+ queen armies on a 2-by-2 board
## 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3-by-3 board
| ♛ | ||
| ♕ | ||
# Cannot place 2+ queen armies on a 3-by-3 board
<snip>
## 7 black and 7 white queens on a 7-by-7 board
| ♛ | ♛ | |||||
| ♛ | ♛ | |||||
| ♛ | ♛ | |||||
| ♛ | ||||||
| ♕ | ♕ | ♕ | ||||
| ♕ | ||||||
| ♕ | ♕ | ♕ |
Python
Python: Textual output
<lang python>from itertools import combinations, product, count from functools import lru_cache, reduce
_bbullet, _wbullet = '\u2022\u25E6'
_or = set.__or__
def place(m, n):
"Place m black and white queens, peacefully, on an n-by-n board"
board = set(product(range(n), repeat=2)) # (x, y) tuples
placements = {frozenset(c) for c in combinations(board, m)}
for blacks in placements:
black_attacks = reduce(_or,
(queen_attacks_from(pos, n) for pos in blacks),
set())
for whites in {frozenset(c) # Never on blsck attacking squares
for c in combinations(board - black_attacks, m)}:
if not black_attacks & whites:
return blacks, whites
return set(), set()
@lru_cache(maxsize=None) def queen_attacks_from(pos, n):
x0, y0 = pos
a = set([pos]) # Its position
a.update((x, y0) for x in range(n)) # Its row
a.update((x0, y) for y in range(n)) # Its column
# Diagonals
for x1 in range(n):
# l-to-r diag
y1 = y0 -x0 +x1
if 0 <= y1 < n:
a.add((x1, y1))
# r-to-l diag
y1 = y0 +x0 -x1
if 0 <= y1 < n:
a.add((x1, y1))
return a
def pboard(black_white, n):
"Print board"
if black_white is None:
blk, wht = set(), set()
else:
blk, wht = black_white
print(f"## {len(blk)} black and {len(wht)} white queens "
f"on a {n}-by-{n} board:", end=)
for x, y in product(range(n), repeat=2):
if y == 0:
print()
xy = (x, y)
ch = ('?' if xy in blk and xy in wht
else 'B' if xy in blk
else 'W' if xy in wht
else _bbullet if (x + y)%2 else _wbullet)
print('%s' % ch, end=)
print()
if __name__ == '__main__':
n=2
for n in range(2, 7):
print()
for m in count(1):
ans = place(m, n)
if ans[0]:
pboard(ans, n)
else:
print (f"# Can't place {m} queens on a {n}-by-{n} board")
break
#
print('\n')
m, n = 5, 7
ans = place(m, n)
pboard(ans, n)</lang>
- Output:
# Can't place 1 queens on a 2-by-2 board ## 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3-by-3 board: ◦•◦ B◦• ◦•W # Can't place 2 queens on a 3-by-3 board ## 1 black and 1 white queens on a 4-by-4 board: ◦•W• B◦•◦ ◦•◦• •◦•◦ ## 2 black and 2 white queens on a 4-by-4 board: ◦B◦• •B•◦ ◦•◦• W◦W◦ # Can't place 3 queens on a 4-by-4 board ## 1 black and 1 white queens on a 5-by-5 board: ◦•◦•◦ W◦•◦• ◦•◦•◦ •◦•◦B ◦•◦•◦ ## 2 black and 2 white queens on a 5-by-5 board: ◦•◦•W •◦B◦• ◦•◦•◦ •◦•B• ◦W◦•◦ ## 3 black and 3 white queens on a 5-by-5 board: ◦W◦•◦ •◦•◦W B•B•◦ B◦•◦• ◦•◦W◦ ## 4 black and 4 white queens on a 5-by-5 board: ◦•B•B W◦•◦• ◦W◦W◦ W◦•◦• ◦•B•B # Can't place 5 queens on a 5-by-5 board ## 1 black and 1 white queens on a 6-by-6 board: ◦•◦•◦• W◦•◦•◦ ◦•◦•◦• •◦•◦B◦ ◦•◦•◦• •◦•◦•◦ ## 2 black and 2 white queens on a 6-by-6 board: ◦•◦•◦• •◦B◦•◦ ◦•◦•◦• •◦•B•◦ ◦•◦•◦• W◦•◦W◦ ## 3 black and 3 white queens on a 6-by-6 board: ◦•B•◦• •B•◦•◦ ◦•◦W◦W •◦•◦•◦ W•◦•◦• •◦•◦B◦ ## 4 black and 4 white queens on a 6-by-6 board: WW◦•W• •W•◦•◦ ◦•◦•◦B •◦B◦•◦ ◦•◦B◦• •◦•B•◦ ## 5 black and 5 white queens on a 6-by-6 board: ◦•W•W• B◦•◦•◦ ◦•W•◦W B◦•◦•◦ ◦•◦•◦W BB•B•◦ # Can't place 6 queens on a 6-by-6 board ## 5 black and 5 white queens on a 7-by-7 board: ◦•◦•B•◦ •W•◦•◦W ◦•◦•B•◦ B◦•◦•◦• ◦•B•◦•◦ •◦•B•◦• ◦W◦•◦WW
Python: HTML output
Uses the solver function place from the above textual output case.
<lang python>from peaceful_queen_armies_simpler import place
from itertools import product, count
_bqueenh, _wqueenh = '♛', '♕'
def hboard(black_white, n):
"HTML board generator"
if black_white is None:
blk, wht = set(), set()
else:
blk, wht = black_white
out = (f"
## {len(blk)} black and {len(wht)} white queens "
f"on a {n}-by-{n} board
\n")
out += '
\n ' tbl = for x, y in product(range(n), repeat=2): if y == 0: tbl += ' \n \n' xy = (x, y) ch = ('?' if xy in blk and xy in wht else _bqueenh if xy in blk else _wqueenh if xy in wht else "") bg = "" if (x + y)%2 else ' bgcolor="silver"' tbl += f' \n'out += tbl[7:]out += ' \n
| {ch} |
\n
\n'
return out
if __name__ == '__main__':
n=2
html =
for n in range(2, 7):
print()
for m in count(1):
ans = place(m, n)
if ans[0]:
html += hboard(ans, n)
else:
html += (f"# Can't place {m} queen armies on a "
f"{n}-by-{n} board
\n\n" )
break
#
html += '
\n'
m, n = 6, 7
ans = place(m, n)
html += hboard(ans, n)
with open('peaceful_queen_armies.htm', 'w') as f:
f.write(html)</lang>
- Output:
# Can't place 1 queen armies on a 2-by-2 board
## 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3-by-3 board
| ♛ | ||
| ♕ |
# Can't place 2 queen armies on a 3-by-3 board
## 1 black and 1 white queens on a 4-by-4 board
| ♕ | |||
| ♛ | |||
## 2 black and 2 white queens on a 4-by-4 board
| ♛ | |||
| ♛ | |||
| ♕ | ♕ |
# Can't place 3 queen armies on a 4-by-4 board
## 1 black and 1 white queens on a 5-by-5 board
| ♕ | ||||
| ♛ | ||||
## 2 black and 2 white queens on a 5-by-5 board
| ♕ | ||||
| ♛ | ||||
| ♛ | ||||
| ♕ |
## 3 black and 3 white queens on a 5-by-5 board
| ♕ | ||||
| ♕ | ||||
| ♛ | ♛ | |||
| ♛ | ||||
| ♕ |
## 4 black and 4 white queens on a 5-by-5 board
| ♛ | ♛ | |||
| ♕ | ||||
| ♕ | ♕ | |||
| ♕ | ||||
| ♛ | ♛ |
# Can't place 5 queen armies on a 5-by-5 board
## 1 black and 1 white queens on a 6-by-6 board
| ♕ | |||||
| ♛ | |||||
## 2 black and 2 white queens on a 6-by-6 board
| ♛ | |||||
| ♛ | |||||
| ♕ | ♕ |
## 3 black and 3 white queens on a 6-by-6 board
| ♛ | |||||
| ♛ | |||||
| ♕ | ♕ | ||||
| ♕ | |||||
| ♛ |
## 4 black and 4 white queens on a 6-by-6 board
| ♕ | ♕ | ♕ | |||
| ♕ | |||||
| ♛ | |||||
| ♛ | |||||
| ♛ | |||||
| ♛ |
## 5 black and 5 white queens on a 6-by-6 board
| ♕ | ♕ | ||||
| ♛ | |||||
| ♕ | ♕ | ||||
| ♛ | |||||
| ♕ | |||||
| ♛ | ♛ | ♛ |
# Can't place 6 queen armies on a 6-by-6 board
## 6 black and 6 white queens on a 7-by-7 board
| ♛ | ♛ | |||||
| ♕ | ||||||
| ♕ | ♕ | ♕ | ||||
| ♕ | ||||||
| ♛ | ♛ | |||||
| ♕ | ||||||
| ♛ | ♛ |
Raku
(formerly Perl 6)
<lang perl6># recursively place the next queen sub place ($board, $n, $m, $empty-square) {
my $cnt; state (%seen,$attack); state $solution = False;
# logic of regex: queen ( ... paths between queens containing only empty squares ... ) queen of other color
once {
my %Q = 'WBBW'.comb; # return the queen of alternate color
my $re =
'(<[WB]>)' ~ # 1st queen
'[' ~
join(' |',
qq/<[$empty-square]>*/,
map {
qq/ . ** {$_}[<[$empty-square]> . ** {$_}]*/
}, $n-1, $n, $n+1
) ~
']' ~
'<{%Q{$0}}>'; # 2nd queen
$attack = "rx/$re/".EVAL;
}
# return first result found (omit this line to get last result found) return $solution if $solution;
# bail out if seen this configuration previously, or attack detected
return if %seen{$board}++ or $board ~~ $attack;
# success if queen count is m×2, set state variable and return from recursion
$solution = $board and return if $m * 2 == my $queens = $board.comb.Bag{<W B>}.sum;
# place the next queen (alternating colors each time)
place( $board.subst( /<[◦•]>/, {<W B>[$queens % 2]}, :nth($cnt) ), $n, $m, $empty-square )
while $board ~~ m:nth(++$cnt)/<[◦•]>/;
return $solution
}
my ($m, $n) = @*ARGS == 2 ?? @*ARGS !! (4, 5); my $empty-square = '◦•'; my $board = ($empty-square x $n**2).comb.rotor($n)>>.join[^$n].join: "\n";
my $solution = place $board, $n, $m, $empty-square;
say $solution
?? "Solution to $m $n\n\n{S:g/(\N)/$0 / with $solution}"
!! "No solution to $m $n";</lang>
- Output:
W • ◦ • W • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • W
Ruby
<lang ruby>class Position
attr_reader :x, :y
def initialize(x, y)
@x = x
@y = y
end
def ==(other)
self.x == other.x &&
self.y == other.y
end
def to_s
'(%d, %d)' % [@x, @y]
end
def to_str
to_s
end
end
def isAttacking(queen, pos)
return queen.x == pos.x ||
queen.y == pos.y ||
(queen.x - pos.x).abs() == (queen.y - pos.y).abs()
end
def place(m, n, blackQueens, whiteQueens)
if m == 0 then
return true
end
placingBlack = true
for i in 0 .. n-1
for j in 0 .. n-1
catch :inner do
pos = Position.new(i, j)
for queen in blackQueens
if pos == queen || !placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos) then
throw :inner
end
end
for queen in whiteQueens
if pos == queen || placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos) then
throw :inner
end
end
if placingBlack then
blackQueens << pos
placingBlack = false
else
whiteQueens << pos
if place(m - 1, n, blackQueens, whiteQueens) then
return true
end
blackQueens.pop
whiteQueens.pop
placingBlack = true
end
end
end
end
if !placingBlack then
blackQueens.pop
end
return false
end
def printBoard(n, blackQueens, whiteQueens)
# initialize the board
board = Array.new(n) { Array.new(n) { ' ' } }
for i in 0 .. n-1
for j in 0 .. n-1
if i % 2 == j % 2 then
board[i][j] = '•'
else
board[i][j] = '◦'
end
end
end
# insert the queens
for queen in blackQueens
board[queen.y][queen.x] = 'B'
end
for queen in whiteQueens
board[queen.y][queen.x] = 'W'
end
# print the board
for row in board
for cell in row
print cell, ' '
end
print "\n"
end
print "\n"
end
nms = [
[2, 1], [3, 1], [3, 2], [4, 1], [4, 2], [4, 3], [5, 1], [5, 2], [5, 3], [5, 4], [5, 5], [6, 1], [6, 2], [6, 3], [6, 4], [6, 5], [6, 6], [7, 1], [7, 2], [7, 3], [7, 4], [7, 5], [7, 6], [7, 7]
] for nm in nms
m = nm[1] n = nm[0] print "%d black and %d white queens on a %d x %d board:\n" % [m, m, n, n]
blackQueens = []
whiteQueens = []
if place(m, n, blackQueens, whiteQueens) then
printBoard(n, blackQueens, whiteQueens)
else
print "No solution exists.\n\n"
end
end</lang>
- Output:
1 black and 1 white queens on a 2 x 2 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 3 x 3 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • • W • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: B ◦ B ◦ ◦ • ◦ • • W • W ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 4 x 4 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: • ◦ W ◦ W B • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ W B • ◦ • ◦ • B • B • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 5 x 5 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ W ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B • ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ W ◦ ◦ • ◦ • W • B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B • ◦ B ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: • ◦ W W • W B • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ • W • W ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ B ◦ • B • 6 black and 6 white queens on a 6 x 6 board: No solution exists. 1 black and 1 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and 2 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and 3 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and 4 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • ◦ • 5 black and 5 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • ◦ • 6 black and 6 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: B ◦ B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ B ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • W • W • 7 black and 7 white queens on a 7 x 7 board: • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ W B B B • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W W • B • B • ◦ • B • B • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W ◦ •
Scheme
<lang scheme>;;;
- Solutions to the Peaceful Chess Queen Armies puzzle, in R7RS
- Scheme (using also SRFI-132).
- https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Peaceful_chess_queen_armies
(cond-expand
(r7rs) (chicken (import (r7rs))))
(import (scheme process-context)) (import (only (srfi 132) list-sort))
(define-record-type <&fail>
(make-the-one-unique-&fail-that-you-must-not-make-twice) do-not-use-this:&fail?)
(define &fail
(make-the-one-unique-&fail-that-you-must-not-make-twice))
(define (failure? f)
(eq? f &fail))
(define (success? f)
(not (failure? f)))
(define *suspend*
(make-parameter (lambda (x) x)))
(define (suspend v)
((*suspend*) v))
(define (fail-forever)
(let loop () (suspend &fail) (loop)))
(define (make-generator-procedure thunk)
;;
;; Make a suspendable procedure that takes no arguments. It is a
;; simple generator of values. (One can elaborate on this to have
;; the procedure accept an argument upon resumption, like an Icon
;; co-expression.)
;;
(define (next-run return)
(define (my-suspend v)
(set! return
(call/cc
(lambda (resumption-point)
(set! next-run resumption-point)
(return v)))))
(parameterize ((*suspend* my-suspend))
(suspend (thunk))
(fail-forever)))
(lambda ()
(call/cc next-run)))
(define BLACK 'B) (define WHITE 'W)
(define (flip-color c)
(if (eq? c BLACK) WHITE BLACK))
(define-record-type <queen>
(make-queen color rank file) queen? (color queen-color) (rank queen-rank) (file queen-file))
(define (serialize-queen queen)
(string-append (if (eq? (queen-color queen) BLACK) "B" "W")
"(" (number->string (queen-rank queen))
"," (number->string (queen-file queen)) ")"))
(define (serialize-queens queens)
(apply string-append
(list-sort string<? (map serialize-queen queens))))
(define (queens->string n queens)
(define board
(let ((board (make-vector (* n n) #f)))
(do ((q queens (cdr q)))
((null? q))
(let* ((color (queen-color (car q)))
(i (queen-rank (car q)))
(j (queen-file (car q))))
(vector-set! board (ij->index n i j) color)))
board))
(define rule
(let ((str "+"))
(do ((j 1 (+ j 1)))
((= j (+ n 1)))
(set! str (string-append str "----+")))
str))
(define str "")
(when (< 0 n)
(set! str rule)
(do ((i n (- i 1)))
((= i 0))
(set! str (string-append str "\n"))
(do ((j 1 (+ j 1)))
((= j (+ n 1)))
(let* ((color (vector-ref board (ij->index n i j)))
(representation
(cond ((eq? color #f) " ")
((eq? color BLACK) " B ")
((eq? color WHITE) " W ")
(else " ?? "))))
(set! str (string-append str "|" representation))))
(set! str (string-append str "|\n" rule))))
str)
(define (queen-fits-in? queen other-queens)
(or (null? other-queens)
(let ((other (car other-queens)))
(let ((colorq (queen-color queen))
(rankq (queen-rank queen))
(fileq (queen-file queen))
(coloro (queen-color other))
(ranko (queen-rank other))
(fileo (queen-file other)))
(if (eq? colorq coloro)
(and (or (not (= rankq ranko))
(not (= fileq fileo)))
(queen-fits-in? queen (cdr other-queens)))
(and (not (= rankq ranko))
(not (= fileq fileo))
(not (= (+ rankq fileq) (+ ranko fileo)))
(not (= (- rankq fileq) (- ranko fileo)))
(queen-fits-in? queen (cdr other-queens))))))))
(define (latest-queen-fits-in? queens)
(or (null? (cdr queens))
(queen-fits-in? (car queens) (cdr queens))))
(define (make-peaceful-queens-generator m n)
(make-generator-procedure
(lambda ()
(define solutions '())
(let loop ((queens (list (make-queen BLACK 1 1)))
(num-queens 1))
(define (add-another-queen)
(let ((color (flip-color (queen-color (car queens)))))
(loop (cons (make-queen color 1 1) queens)
(+ num-queens 1))))
(define (move-a-queen)
(let drop-one ((queens queens)
(num-queens num-queens))
(if (zero? num-queens)
(loop '() 0)
(let* ((latest (car queens))
(color (queen-color latest))
(rank (queen-rank latest))
(file (queen-file latest)))
(if (and (= rank n) (= file n))
(drop-one (cdr queens) (- num-queens 1))
(let-values (((rank^ file^)
(advance-ij n rank file)))
(loop (cons (make-queen color rank^ file^)
(cdr queens))
num-queens)))))))
(cond ((zero? num-queens)
;; There are no more solutions.
&fail)
((latest-queen-fits-in? queens)
(if (= num-queens (* 2 m))
(let ((str (serialize-queens queens)))
;; The current "queens" is a solution.
(unless (member str solutions)
;; The current "queens" is a *new* solution.
(set! solutions (cons str solutions))
(suspend queens))
(move-a-queen))
(add-another-queen)))
(else
(move-a-queen)))))))
(define (ij->index n i j)
(let ((i1 (- i 1))
(j1 (- j 1)))
(+ i1 (* n j1))))
(define (index->ij n index)
(let-values (((q r) (floor/ index n))) (values (+ r 1) (+ q 1))))
(define (advance-ij n i j)
(index->ij n (+ (ij->index n i j) 1)))
(define args (command-line)) (unless (or (= (length args) 3)
(= (length args) 4)) (display "Usage: ") (display (list-ref args 0)) (display " M N [MAX_SOLUTIONS]") (newline) (exit 1))
(define m (string->number (list-ref args 1))) (define n (string->number (list-ref args 2))) (define max-solutions
(if (= (length args) 4)
(string->number (list-ref args 3))
+inf.0))
(define generate-peaceful-queens
(make-peaceful-queens-generator m n))
(let loop ((next-solution-number 1))
(when (<= next-solution-number max-solutions)
(let ((solution (generate-peaceful-queens)))
(when (success? solution)
(display "Solution ")
(display next-solution-number)
(newline)
(display (queens->string n solution))
(newline)
(newline)
(loop (+ next-solution-number 1))))))</lang>
- Output:
$ csc -O3 peaceful_queens.scm && ./peaceful_queens 4 5
Solution 1 +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | W | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | W | | W | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | W | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 2 +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | B | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | W | | W | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | B | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 3 +----+----+----+----+----+ | | W | | W | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | W | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | W | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 4 +----+----+----+----+----+ | | W | | W | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | B | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | B | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 5 +----+----+----+----+----+ | | B | | B | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | W | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | W | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 6 +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | W | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | B | | B | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | W | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 7 +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | W | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | W | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | B | | B | | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 8 +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | W | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | W | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | W | | W | | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 9 +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | B | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | B | | B | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | W | | W | | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 10 +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | B | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | B | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | B | | B | | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 11 +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | W | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | W | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | B | | B | | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 12 +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | B | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | B | | B | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | B | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 13 +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | W | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | B | | B | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | W | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 14 +----+----+----+----+----+ | | B | | B | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | B | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | B | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | | | W | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 15 +----+----+----+----+----+ | | B | | B | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | W | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | W | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 16 +----+----+----+----+----+ | | W | | W | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | B | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | B | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 17 +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | B | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | W | | W | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | B | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ Solution 18 +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | B | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | | B | | B | +----+----+----+----+----+ | W | | | | | +----+----+----+----+----+ | | W | | W | | +----+----+----+----+----+
Swift
<lang swift>enum Piece {
case empty, black, white
}
typealias Position = (Int, Int)
func place(_ m: Int, _ n: Int, pBlackQueens: inout [Position], pWhiteQueens: inout [Position]) -> Bool {
guard m != 0 else {
return true
}
var placingBlack = true
for i in 0..<n {
inner: for j in 0..<n {
let pos = (i, j)
for queen in pBlackQueens where queen == pos || !placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos) {
continue inner
}
for queen in pWhiteQueens where queen == pos || placingBlack && isAttacking(queen, pos) {
continue inner
}
if placingBlack {
pBlackQueens.append(pos)
placingBlack = false
} else {
placingBlack = true
pWhiteQueens.append(pos)
if place(m - 1, n, pBlackQueens: &pBlackQueens, pWhiteQueens: &pWhiteQueens) {
return true
} else {
pBlackQueens.removeLast()
pWhiteQueens.removeLast()
}
}
}
}
if !placingBlack {
pBlackQueens.removeLast()
}
return false
}
func isAttacking(_ queen: Position, _ pos: Position) -> Bool {
queen.0 == pos.0 || queen.1 == pos.1 || abs(queen.0 - pos.0) == abs(queen.1 - pos.1)
}
func printBoard(n: Int, pBlackQueens: [Position], pWhiteQueens: [Position]) {
var board = Array(repeating: Piece.empty, count: n * n)
for queen in pBlackQueens {
board[queen.0 * n + queen.1] = .black
}
for queen in pWhiteQueens {
board[queen.0 * n + queen.1] = .white
}
for (i, p) in board.enumerated() {
if i != 0 && i % n == 0 {
print()
}
switch p {
case .black:
print("B ", terminator: "")
case .white:
print("W ", terminator: "")
case .empty:
let j = i / n
let k = i - j * n
if j % 2 == k % 2 {
print("• ", terminator: "")
} else {
print("◦ ", terminator: "")
}
}
}
print("\n")
}
let nms = [
(2, 1), (3, 1), (3, 2), (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6), (7, 1), (7, 2), (7, 3), (7, 4), (7, 5), (7, 6), (7, 7)
]
for (n, m) in nms {
print("\(m) black and white queens on \(n) x \(n) board")
var blackQueens = [Position]() var whiteQueens = [Position]()
if place(m, n, pBlackQueens: &blackQueens, pWhiteQueens: &whiteQueens) {
printBoard(n: n, pBlackQueens: blackQueens, pWhiteQueens: whiteQueens)
} else {
print("No solution")
}
}</lang>
- Output:
1 black and white queens on 2 x 2 board No solution 1 black and white queens on 3 x 3 board B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • 2 black and white queens on 3 x 3 board No solution 1 black and white queens on 4 x 4 board B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and white queens on 4 x 4 board B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • B ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • 3 black and white queens on 4 x 4 board No solution 1 black and white queens on 5 x 5 board B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and white queens on 5 x 5 board B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and white queens on 5 x 5 board B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • W • ◦ • 4 black and white queens on 5 x 5 board • B • B • ◦ • ◦ • B W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • B W ◦ W ◦ • 5 black and white queens on 5 x 5 board No solution 1 black and white queens on 6 x 6 board B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and white queens on 6 x 6 board B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and white queens on 6 x 6 board B ◦ • ◦ B B ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and white queens on 6 x 6 board B ◦ • ◦ B B ◦ • W • ◦ • • W • ◦ • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ B • ◦ W W • ◦ ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 5 black and white queens on 6 x 6 board • B • ◦ B ◦ ◦ • ◦ B ◦ B W ◦ • ◦ • ◦ W • W • ◦ • • ◦ • ◦ • B W • W • ◦ • 6 black and white queens on 6 x 6 board No solution 1 black and white queens on 7 x 7 board B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 2 black and white queens on 7 x 7 board B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 3 black and white queens on 7 x 7 board B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 4 black and white queens on 7 x 7 board B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 5 black and white queens on 7 x 7 board B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 6 black and white queens on 7 x 7 board B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W B ◦ • ◦ B ◦ • ◦ • W • ◦ • W • ◦ • ◦ • ◦ • 7 black and white queens on 7 x 7 board • B • ◦ • B • ◦ B ◦ • B • ◦ • B • ◦ • B • ◦ • ◦ • B • ◦ W ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ • ◦ W ◦ W W • ◦ •
Wren
<lang ecmascript>import "/dynamic" for Enum, Tuple
var Piece = Enum.create("Piece", ["empty", "black", "white"])
var Pos = Tuple.create("Pos", ["x", "y"])
var isAttacking = Fn.new { |q, pos|
return q.x == pos.x || q.y == pos.y || (q.x - pos.x).abs == (q.y - pos.y).abs
}
var place // recursive place = Fn.new { |m, n, blackQueens, whiteQueens|
if (m == 0) return true
var placingBlack = true
for (i in 0...n) {
for (j in 0...n) {
var pos = Pos.new(i, j)
var inner = false
for (queen in blackQueens) {
var equalPos = queen.x == pos.x && queen.y == pos.y
if (equalPos || !placingBlack && isAttacking.call(queen, pos)) {
inner = true
break
}
}
if (!inner) {
for (queen in whiteQueens) {
var equalPos = queen.x == pos.x && queen.y == pos.y
if (equalPos || placingBlack && isAttacking.call(queen, pos)) {
inner = true
break
}
}
if (!inner) {
if (placingBlack) {
blackQueens.add(pos)
placingBlack = false
} else {
whiteQueens.add(pos)
if (place.call(m-1, n, blackQueens, whiteQueens)) return true
blackQueens.removeAt(-1)
whiteQueens.removeAt(-1)
placingBlack = true
}
}
}
}
}
if (!placingBlack) blackQueens.removeAt(-1)
return false
}
var printBoard = Fn.new { |n, blackQueens, whiteQueens|
var board = List.filled(n * n, 0)
for (queen in blackQueens) board[queen.x * n + queen.y] = Piece.black
for (queen in whiteQueens) board[queen.x * n + queen.y] = Piece.white
var i = 0
for (b in board) {
if (i != 0 && i%n == 0) System.print()
if (b == Piece.black) {
System.write("B ")
} else if (b == Piece.white) {
System.write("W ")
} else {
var j = (i/n).floor
var k = i - j*n
if (j%2 == k%2) {
System.write("• ")
} else {
System.write("◦ ")
}
}
i = i + 1
}
System.print("\n")
}
var nms = [
Pos.new(2, 1), Pos.new(3, 1), Pos.new(3, 2), Pos.new(4, 1), Pos.new(4, 2), Pos.new(4, 3), Pos.new(5, 1), Pos.new(5, 2), Pos.new(5, 3), Pos.new(5, 4), Pos.new(5, 5), Pos.new(6, 1), Pos.new(6, 2), Pos.new(6, 3), Pos.new(6, 4), Pos.new(6, 5), Pos.new(6, 6), Pos.new(7, 1), Pos.new(7, 2), Pos.new(7, 3), Pos.new(7, 4), Pos.new(7, 5), Pos.new(7, 6), Pos.new(7, 7)
] for (p in nms) {
System.print("%(p.y) black and %(p.y) white queens on a %(p.x) x %(p.x) board:")
var blackQueens = []
var whiteQueens = []
if (place.call(p.y, p.x, blackQueens, whiteQueens)) {
printBoard.call(p.x, blackQueens, whiteQueens)
} else {
System.print("No solution exists.\n")
}
}</lang>
- Output:
Same as Kotlin entry.
zkl
<lang zkl>fcn isAttacked(q, x,y) // ( (r,c), x,y ) : is queen at r,c attacked by q@(x,y)?
{ r,c:=q; (r==x or c==y or r+c==x+y or r-c==x-y) }
fcn isSafe(r,c,qs) // queen safe at (r,c)?, qs=( (r,c),(r,c)..)
{ ( not qs.filter1(isAttacked,r,c) ) }
fcn isEmpty(r,c,qs){ (not (qs and qs.filter1('wrap([(x,y)]){ r==x and c==y })) ) } fcn _peacefulQueens(N,M,qa,qb){ //--> False | (True,((r,c)..),((r,c)..) )
// qa,qb --> // ( (r,c),(r,c).. ), solution so far to last good spot
if(qa.len()==M==qb.len()) return(True,qa,qb);
n, x,y := N, 0,0;
if(qa) x,y = qa[-1]; else n=(N+1)/2; // first queen, first quadrant only
foreach r in ([x..n-1]){
foreach c in ([y..n-1]){
if(isEmpty(r,c,qa) and isSafe(r,c,qb)){ qc,qd := qa.append(T(r,c)), self.fcn(N,M, qb,qc); if(qd) return( if(qd[0]==True) qd else T(qc,qd) ); }
}
y=0
}
False
}
fcn peacefulQueens(N=5,M=4){ # NxN board, M white and black queens
qs:=_peacefulQueens(N,M, T,T);
println("Solution for %dx%d board with %d black and %d white queens:".fmt(N,N,M,M));
if(not qs)println("None");
else{
z:=Data(Void,"-"*N*N);
foreach r,c in (qs[1]){ z[r*N + c]="W" }
foreach r,c in (qs[2]){ z[r*N + c]="B" }
z.text.pump(Void,T(Void.Read,N-1),"println");
}
}</lang> <lang zkl>peacefulQueens(); foreach n in ([4..10]){ peacefulQueens(n,n) }</lang>
- Output:
Solution for 5x5 board with 4 black and 4 white queens: W---W --B-- -B-B- --B-- W---W Solution for 4x4 board with 4 black and 4 white queens: None Solution for 5x5 board with 5 black and 5 white queens: None Solution for 6x6 board with 6 black and 6 white queens: None Solution for 7x7 board with 7 black and 7 white queens: W---W-W --B---- -B-B-B- --B---- W-----W --BB--- W-----W Solution for 8x8 board with 8 black and 8 white queens: W---W--- --B---BB W---W--- --B---B- ---B---B -W---W-- W---W--- --B----- Solution for 9x9 board with 9 black and 9 white queens: W---W---W --B---B-- -B---B--- ---W---W- -B---B--- ---W---W- -B---B--- ---W---W- -B------- Solution for 10x10 board with 10 black and 10 white queens: W---W---WW --B---B--- -B-B------ -----W-W-W -BBB------ -----W-W-W -B-------- ------B--- ---B------ ----------