/* A program to solve the 8-queens problem */
let
var N := 8
type intArray = array of int
var row := intArray [ N ] of 0
var col := intArray [ N ] of 0
var diag1 := intArray [N+N-1] of 0
var diag2 := intArray [N+N-1] of 0
function printboard() =
(for i := 0 to N-1
do (for j := 0 to N-1
do print(if col[i]=j then " O" else " .");
print("\n"));
print("\n"))
function try(c:int) =
( if c=N
then printboard()
else for r := 0 to N-1
do if row[r]=0 & diag1[r+c]=0 & diag2[r+7-c]=0
then (row[r]:=1; diag1[r+c]:=1; diag2[r+7-c]:=1;
col[c]:=r;
try(c+1);
row[r]:=0; diag1[r+c]:=0; diag2[r+7-c]:=0)
)
in try(0)
end
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