Follow up for N-Queens problem.
Now, instead outputting board configurations, return the total number of distinct solutions.
Java:
http://blog.youkuaiyun.com/u011095253/article/details/9158473
public class Solution {
int res;
public int totalNQueens(int n) {
res = 0;
if(n<=0) return res;
int[] loc = new int[n];
dfs(loc,0,n);
return res;
}
public void dfs(int[] loc, int cur, int n){
if (cur==n) {
res+=1;
return;
}
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
loc[cur] = i;
if(isValid(loc,cur))
dfs(loc,cur+1,n);
}
}
public boolean isValid(int[] loc, int cur){
for(int i=0;i<cur;i++){
if(loc[i]==loc[cur]||Math.abs(loc[i]-loc[cur])==(cur-i))
return false;
}
return true;
}
}