RosettaCodeData/Task/N-queens-problem/C++/n-queens-problem-1.cpp

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// Much shorter than the version below;
// uses C++11 threads to parallelize the computation; also uses backtracking
// Outputs all solutions for any table size
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <thread>
#include <future>
// Print table. 'pos' is a vector of positions the index in pos is the row,
// and the number at that index is the column where the queen is placed.
static void print(const std::vector<int> &pos)
{
// print table header
for (int i = 0; i < pos.size(); i++) {
std::cout << std::setw(3) << char('a' + i);
}
std::cout << '\n';
for (int row = 0; row < pos.size(); row++) {
int col = pos[row];
std::cout << row + 1 << std::setw(3 * col + 3) << " # ";
std::cout << '\n';
}
std::cout << "\n\n";
}
static bool threatens(int row_a, int col_a, int row_b, int col_b)
{
return row_a == row_b // same row
or col_a == col_b // same column
or std::abs(row_a - row_b) == std::abs(col_a - col_b); // diagonal
}
// the i-th queen is in the i-th row
// we only check rows up to end_idx
// so that the same function can be used for backtracking and checking the final solution
static bool good(const std::vector<int> &pos, int end_idx)
{
for (int row_a = 0; row_a < end_idx; row_a++) {
for (int row_b = row_a + 1; row_b < end_idx; row_b++) {
int col_a = pos[row_a];
int col_b = pos[row_b];
if (threatens(row_a, col_a, row_b, col_b)) {
return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}
static std::mutex print_count_mutex; // mutex protecting 'n_sols'
static int n_sols = 0; // number of solutions
// recursive DFS backtracking solver
static void n_queens(std::vector<int> &pos, int index)
{
// if we have placed a queen in each row (i. e. we are at a leaf of the search tree), check solution and return
if (index >= pos.size()) {
if (good(pos, index)) {
std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(print_count_mutex);
print(pos);
n_sols++;
}
return;
}
// backtracking step
if (not good(pos, index)) {
return;
}
// optimization: the first level of the search tree is parallelized
if (index == 0) {
std::vector<std::future<void>> fts;
for (int col = 0; col < pos.size(); col++) {
pos[index] = col;
auto ft = std::async(std::launch::async, [=]{ auto cpos(pos); n_queens(cpos, index + 1); });
fts.push_back(std::move(ft));
}
for (const auto &ft : fts) {
ft.wait();
}
} else { // deeper levels are not
for (int col = 0; col < pos.size(); col++) {
pos[index] = col;
n_queens(pos, index + 1);
}
}
}
int main()
{
std::vector<int> start(12); // 12: table size
n_queens(start, 0);
std::cout << n_sols << " solutions found.\n";
return 0;
}