/** @author Thomas Lehmann @file queen.js */ var OCCUPIED = 1; // field is in use var FREE = 0; // field is not in use var OUTPUT = 1; // when 1 show solutions function log(text) { // this can be used when running with "node.js" // console.log(text); // this can be used inside of html document.write(text + "
"); } function Queen(width) { this.width = width; this.lastRow = this.width - 1; this.columns = new Array(this.width); this.rcolumns = new Array(this.width); var numberOfDiagonals = 2 * this.width - 1 this.diagonals1 = new Array(numberOfDiagonals); this.diagonals2 = new Array(numberOfDiagonals); this.solutions = new Array(); for (var index = 0; index < numberOfDiagonals; ++index) { if (index < this.width) { this.columns[index] = -1; } this.diagonals1[index] = FREE; this.diagonals2[index] = FREE; } // starts the search with initial parameters this.run = function() { this.calculate(0); } // searches for all possible solutions this.calculate = function(row) { for (var column=0; column < this.width; ++column) { // current column blocked? if (this.columns[column] >= 0) { continue; } // relating diagonale '\' depending on current row and column var ixDiag1 = row + column; if (this.diagonals1[ixDiag1] == OCCUPIED) { continue; } // relating diagonale '/' depending on current row and column var ixDiag2 = this.width - 1 - row + column; if (this.diagonals2[ixDiag2] == OCCUPIED) { continue; } // occupying column and diagonals depending on current row and column this.columns[column] = row; this.diagonals1[ixDiag1] = OCCUPIED; this.diagonals2[ixDiag2] = OCCUPIED; if (row == this.lastRow) { this.solutions.push(this.columns.slice()); } else { this.calculate(row + 1); } this.columns[column] = -1; this.diagonals1[ixDiag1] = FREE; this.diagonals2[ixDiag2] = FREE; } } } function main() { var instance = new Queen(8); log("Queen raster (" + instance.width + "x" + instance.width + ")"); var start = new Date().getTime(); instance.run(); log("...calculation took " + (new Date().getTime() - start) + " ms"); log("...with " + instance.solutions.length + " solutions"); if (OUTPUT == 1) { for (var indexA=0; indexA < instance.solutions.length; ++indexA) { var solution = instance.solutions[indexA]; line = ""; for (var indexB=0; indexB < solution.length; ++indexB) { line += "(" + (indexB+1) + "," + (solution[indexB]+1) + ")"; } log(line); } } } main();