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-- Part of SmallEiffel -- Read DISCLAIMER file -- Copyright (C)
-- Dominique COLNET and Suzanne COLLIN -- [e-mail]
--
class KNIGHT
--|
--| In this program a knight try to go over the n*n squares of a
--| chessboard without pass by the same square again.
--| The position of the knigth is given by a number.
--|
--|  Auteur: Christophe ALEXANDRE
--|  date : Thu Mar 21 21:34:29 1996
--
-- Here is an example of solution on a 7 X 7 chesboard,
-- knigth starting at position <1,1> :
--                 ----------------------
--                 | 1|28|37|24| 3|26|17|
--                 ----------------------
--                 |36|39| 2|27|18|11| 4|
--                 ----------------------
--                 |29|42|23|38|25|16| 9|
--                 ----------------------
--                 |40|35|30|19|10| 5|12|
--                 ----------------------
--                 |43|22|41|32|15| 8|47|
--                 ----------------------
--                 |34|31|20|45|48|13| 6|
--                 ----------------------
--                 |21|44|33|14| 7|46|49|
--                 ----------------------
--

inherit ANY redefine print_on end;

creation {ANY}
   make

feature {ANY}

   make is
      local
     size, line, column: INTEGER;
      do
     size := ask("Enter the chess-board size : ",3,99);
     line := ask("Enter the start line : ",1,size);
     column := ask("enter the start column : ",1,size);
     knight(size,line,column)
      end;

feature {NONE}

   chessboard: ARRAY2[INTEGER];

   nb_tries: INTEGER;

   tl: ARRAY[INTEGER] is
      once
     Result := <<-2,-1,1,2,2,1,-1,-2>>;
      end;

   tc: ARRAY[INTEGER] is
      once
     Result := <<1,2,2,1,-1,-2,-2,-1>>;
      end;

   knight(size, line, column: INTEGER) is
      require
     size >= 3;
     1 <= line;
     line <= size;
     1 <= column;
     column <= size;
      do
     !!chessboard.make(1,size,1,size);
     chessboard.put(1,line,column);
     if solution(line,column) then
        print_on(std_output);
     else
        io.put_string("Sorry, there is no solution.%N");
     end;
     io.put_string("%NNumber of tries : ");
     io.put_integer(nb_tries);
     io.put_new_line;
      end; -- knight

   solution(line,column:INTEGER):BOOLEAN is
      local
     value,i : INTEGER;
      do
     if chessboard.count = chessboard.item(line,column) then
        Result := true;
     else
        from
           i := 1;
           value := chessboard.item(line,column);
        until
           Result or else i > 8
        loop
           Result := try(line+tl.item(i),column+tc.item(i),value);
           i := i + 1;
        end;
     end;
      end; -- solution

   try(line,column,value:INTEGER): BOOLEAN is
     -- try to place the knight by used cross back-tracking method
      do
     nb_tries := nb_tries + 1;
     if chessboard.valid_index(line,column) then
        if chessboard.item(line,column) = 0 then
           chessboard.put(value+1,line,column);
           Result := solution(line,column);
           if not Result then
          chessboard.put(0,line,column)
           end;
        end;
     end
      end; -- try

   ask(s:STRING; min, max: INTEGER):INTEGER is
     -- ask a question until its answer is all right
      local
     stop: BOOLEAN;
      do
     from
     until
        stop
     loop
        io.put_string(s);
        io.read_integer;
        Result := io.last_integer;
        if Result < min then
           io.put_string("Value too small.%N");
        elseif max < Result then
           io.put_string("Value too big.%N");
        else
           stop := true;
        end;
     end;
      end; -- ask

   print_on(file:STD_FILE_WRITE) is
     -- display the cheesboard
      local
     line,column : INTEGER;
     separator : STRING;
      do
     from
        !!separator.make(3*chessboard.upper1+1);
        separator.fill_with('-');
        separator.extend('%N')
        file.put_string(separator);
        line := chessboard.lower1
     until
        line > chessboard.upper1
     loop
        from
           column := chessboard.lower2
        until
           column > chessboard.upper2
        loop
           if chessboard.item(line,column) < 10 then
          file.put_string("| ");
           else
          file.put_character('|');
           end;
           file.put_integer(chessboard.item(line,column));
           column := column + 1;
        end;
        file.put_string("|%N");
        file.put_string(separator);
        line := line + 1;
     end;
      end; -- print_on

end -- KNIGHT