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Created January 19, 2014 12:09
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Eight queens (N-queens) solution in Clojure
(def board-size 8)
(defn qtest [qcol qvect]
"Test if position `qcol` is okay for addition to `qvect`"
(defn f [x] (let [[row col] x]
(or
(= qcol col)
(= qcol (- col (+ row 1)))
(= qcol (+ col (+ row 1))))))
(empty? (filter f (map-indexed vector (rseq qvect)))))
(defn qsolve [qvect]
"Recursively find solution based on initial `qvect` board config"
(doseq [p (range board-size)]
(if (qtest p qvect)
(let [qnew (conj qvect p)]
(if (= (count qnew) board-size) (println qnew) (qsolve qnew))))))
(qsolve []) ; start solution finding from empty board config
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