Dsa Backtrack N Queens
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Fix n-queens errors when conflict check doesn't cover diagonals or board reset after failure.
Quick Fix
Wrong
def nq(n):
res=[]; b=['.'*n for _ in range(n)]
def dfs(r):
if r==n: res.append(b[:]); return
for c in range(n):
if safe(r,c):
b[r]=b[r][:c]+'Q'+b[r][c+1:]
dfs(r+1)
b[r]=b[r][:c]+'.'+b[r][c+1:]
def safe(r,c):
for i in range(r):
if b[i][c]=='Q': return False
if c-(r-i)>=0 and b[i][c-(r-i)]=='Q': return False
if c+(r-i)<n and b[i][c+(r-i)]=='Q': return False
return True
dfs(0)
return res
Correct. Common bug: not checking all diagonals or board immutability.
Right
def solveNQueens(n):
cols=set(); diag1=set(); diag2=set()
res=[]; board=[['.']*n for _ in range(n)]
def dfs(r):
if r==n: res.append([''.join(row) for row in board]); return
for c in range(n):
d1=r-c; d2=r+c
if c in cols or d1 in diag1 or d2 in diag2: continue
cols.add(c); diag1.add(d1); diag2.add(d2); board[r][c]='Q'
dfs(r+1)
cols.remove(c); diag1.remove(d1); diag2.remove(d2); board[r][c]='.'
dfs(0)
return res
n=4 -> [['.Q..','...Q','Q...','..Q.'],['..Q.','Q...','...Q','.Q..']]. O(n!).
Prevention
Use sets for column and diagonal conflict tracking. d1 = r-c (constant on main diag), d2 = r+c (anti-diag).
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