Question

I have currently learning backtracking and got stuck on the 8-queen problem, I am using a 8×8 matrix and I think I’ve got some problems regarding the matrix passing to functions, any help would be highly apreciated.I wouldn’t mind if anyone would bring any optimisation to the code, thanks.

here is my code.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define MAX 7



//void azzera(int **mat);
void posiziona(int **mat, int r,int c);
void stampa(int **mat);
int in_scacchi(int **mat,int r ,int c);

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{



  int i=0,j=0;


  int **mat=(int **)malloc(sizeof(int *)*MAX);
  for(i=0;i<=MAX;i++){
      mat[i]=(int *)malloc(MAX*sizeof(int));               
      for(j=0;j<=MAX;j++){

           mat[i][j]=-1;
      }                        
   }


  printf("insert pos of the first queen on the first row (1-8) :");
  scanf("%d",&i);
  i-=1;
  mat[0][i]=1;

  posiziona(mat,1,0);
  stampa(mat); 

  system("PAUSE");  
  return 0;
}

/*void azzera(int **mat){

  int i=0,j=0;

  for(i=0;i<=MAX;i++){
      for(j=0;j<=MAX;j++){
           mat[i][j]=-1;
      }                        
   }

}*/

void stampa(int **mat){
     int i,j;

     for(i=0;i<=MAX;i++){
      for(j=0;j<=MAX;j++){
           printf(" %d",mat[i][j]);
      }
      printf("\n");                        
   }

}
void posiziona(int **mat, int r,int c){
    int i=0,riga=1,flag_col=-1,flag_riga=-1; 

    if(riga<=7&&flag_riga!=1){

         if(flag_riga==1){
             flag_riga=-1;                 
             posiziona(mat,r+1,0);
         }
         else if(in_scacchi(mat,r,c)==1){
                   if(c==MAX)
                       posiziona(mat,r-1,0);
                   posiziona(mat,r,c+1);  
         }
         else{
                   flag_riga=1;
         }
    }  
}

int in_scacchi(int **mat,int r ,int c){
    int i,j,k,m;
    int flag=0;   
   //col  
   for(i=0;i<r;i++){                 
      for(j=0;j<=c;j++){
           if(((mat[i][j]==1)&&(c==j))) 
                return 1;   

      }                          
   }
   //diag \
   for(i=0;i<MAX-r;i++){                 
      for(j=0;j<=MAX-c;j++){
           if(mat[MAX-r-i][MAX-c-j]==1) 
                return 1;   
      }                     
   }                          

   //antidiag 

   for(i=r+1;i<=MAX;i++){                 
      for(j=c+1;j<=MAX;j++){
           if(mat[r-i][c+j]==1) {
                return 1;   
           }                     
      }                          
   }
   return 0;

}

Answer 1

Your matrix must iterate from 0 to MAX-1,

i.e

int **mat=  malloc(sizeof(int *)*MAX);
  for(i=0;i< MAX;i++){  //see for i<MAX
      mat[i]=  malloc(MAX*sizeof(int));               
      for(j=0;j<MAX;j++){ //see for j<MAX

           mat[i][j]=-1;
      }                        
   }