Code:
package com.vipin.algorithms;
public class KnightTour
{
private static final int N = 8;
private int soln[][];
public KnightTour()
{
soln = new int[N][N];
}
private boolean isSafe(int x, int y)
{
if (x >= 0 && x < N && y >= 0 && y < N && soln[x][y] == -1)
return true;
return false;
}
private void printSolution()
{
for (int x = 0; x < N; x++)
{
for (int y = 0; y < N; y++)
{
System.out.print(" " + soln[x][y]);
}
System.out.println();
}
}
private boolean solveKTUtil(int x, int y, int movei, int xMove[],int yMove[])
{
int k, next_x, next_y;
if (movei == N * N)
return true;
for (k = 0; k < N; k++)
{
next_x = x + xMove[k];
next_y = y + yMove[k];
if (isSafe(next_x, next_y))
{
soln[next_x][next_y] = movei;
if (solveKTUtil(next_x, next_y, movei + 1, xMove, yMove))
return true;
else
soln[next_x][next_y] = -1;
}
}
return false;
}
public boolean solveKnightTour()
{
for (int x = 0; x < N; x++)
{
for (int y = 0; y < N; y++)
{
soln[x][y] = -1;
}
}
int xMove[] = { 2, 1, -1, -2, -2, -1, 1, 2 };
int yMove[] = { 1, 2, 2, 1, -1, -2, -2, -1 };
soln[0][0] = 0;
if (!solveKTUtil(0, 0, 1, xMove, yMove))
{
System.out.println("the solution does not exist");
return false;
}
else
{
printSolution();
}
return true;
}
public static void main(String... arg)
{
KnightTour knightTour = new KnightTour();
System.out.println("the solution is");
knightTour.solveKnightTour();
}
}
Output:
the solution is
0 59 38 33 30 17 8 63
37 34 31 60 9 62 29 16
58 1 36 39 32 27 18 7
35 48 41 26 61 10 15 28
42 57 2 49 40 23 6 19
47 50 45 54 25 20 11 14
56 43 52 3 22 13 24 5
51 46 55 44 53 4 21 12
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