/** * @file * @brief [Knight's tour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight%27s_tour) * algorithm * * @details * A knight's tour is a sequence of moves of a knight on a chessboard * such that the knight visits every square only once. If the knight * ends on a square that is one knight's move from the beginning * square (so that it could tour the board again immediately, following * the same path, the tour is closed; otherwise, it is open. * * @author [Nikhil Arora](https://github.com/nikhilarora068) * @author [David Leal](https://github.com/Panquesito7) */ #include /// for std::array #include /// for IO operations /** * @namespace backtracking * @brief Backtracking algorithms */ namespace backtracking { /** * @namespace knight_tour * @brief Functions for the [Knight's * tour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight%27s_tour) algorithm */ namespace knight_tour { /** * A utility function to check if i,j are valid indexes for N*N chessboard * @tparam V number of vertices in array * @param x current index in rows * @param y current index in columns * @param sol matrix where numbers are saved * @returns `true` if .... * @returns `false` if .... */ template bool issafe(int x, int y, const std::array, V> &sol) { return (x < V && x >= 0 && y < V && y >= 0 && sol[x][y] == -1); } /** * Knight's tour algorithm * @tparam V number of vertices in array * @param x current index in rows * @param y current index in columns * @param mov movement to be done * @param sol matrix where numbers are saved * @param xmov next move of knight (x coordinate) * @param ymov next move of knight (y coordinate) * @returns `true` if solution exists * @returns `false` if solution does not exist */ template bool solve(int x, int y, int mov, std::array, V> &sol, const std::array &xmov, std::array &ymov) { int k = 0, xnext = 0, ynext = 0; if (mov == V * V) { return true; } for (k = 0; k < V; k++) { xnext = x + xmov[k]; ynext = y + ymov[k]; if (issafe(xnext, ynext, sol)) { sol[xnext][ynext] = mov; if (solve(xnext, ynext, mov + 1, sol, xmov, ymov) == true) { return true; } else { sol[xnext][ynext] = -1; } } } return false; } } // namespace knight_tour } // namespace backtracking /** * @brief Main function * @returns 0 on exit */ int main() { const int n = 8; std::array, n> sol = {0}; int i = 0, j = 0; for (i = 0; i < n; i++) { for (j = 0; j < n; j++) { sol[i][j] = -1; } } std::array xmov = {2, 1, -1, -2, -2, -1, 1, 2}; std::array ymov = {1, 2, 2, 1, -1, -2, -2, -1}; sol[0][0] = 0; bool flag = backtracking::knight_tour::solve(0, 0, 1, sol, xmov, ymov); if (flag == false) { std::cout << "Error: Solution does not exist\n"; } else { for (i = 0; i < n; i++) { for (j = 0; j < n; j++) { std::cout << sol[i][j] << " "; } std::cout << "\n"; } } return 0; }