From bb24e260fa4fa116113e38de78f2a5c825d800d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shinjanee Gupta <shinjaneegupta@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:27:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] backtracking-3

---
 NQueens.py    | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 WordSearch.py | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 105 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 NQueens.py
 create mode 100644 WordSearch.py

diff --git a/NQueens.py b/NQueens.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0c7512a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NQueens.py
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+# Time Complexity : O(n * n!)
+# Space Complexity : O( n^2 ) for the board + O( n ) recursive stack space
+# Did this code successfully run on Leetcode : Yes
+# Any problem you faced while coding this : No
+# Approach : We’re placing queens row by row and checking if each placement is safe.
+# If it's valid, we place it and move to the next row recursively.
+# When all rows are filled, we convert the board to a list and store it in the result.
+
+class Solution:
+    def solveNQueens(self, n: int) -> List[List[str]]:
+        self.res = []
+        board = [[False]*n for _ in range(n)]
+        self.helper(board, 0, n)
+        return self.res
+
+    def helper(self, board, row, n):
+        if row == n:
+            temp = []
+            for i in range(n):
+                sb = []
+                for j in range(n):
+                    if board[i][j]:
+                        sb.append("Q")
+                    else:
+                        sb.append(".")
+                temp.append("".join(sb))
+            self.res.append(temp)
+            return
+
+        for j in range(n):
+            if self.isValid(board, row, j, n):
+                board[row][j] = True
+                self.helper(board, row+1, n)
+                board[row][j] = False
+
+    def isValid(self, board, i, j, n):
+        r,c = i, j
+        while r >= 0:
+            if board[r][c]:
+                return False
+            r -= 1
+
+        r,c = i, j
+        while r >= 0 and c >= 0:
+            if board[r][c]:
+                return False
+            r -= 1
+            c -= 1
+
+        r,c = i, j
+        while r >= 0 and c < n:
+            if board[r][c]:
+                return False
+            r -= 1
+            c += 1
+
+        return True
+
+
+        
+        
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diff --git a/WordSearch.py b/WordSearch.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/WordSearch.py
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+# Time Complexity : O(m * n * 4^L) where L = word.length()
+# Space Complexity : O(L) recursion stack in the worst case.
+# Did this code successfully run on Leetcode : Yes
+# Any problem you faced while coding this : No
+# Approach : We go cell by cell and start DFS if the first character matches.
+# We mark visited cells as # to avoid reuse during the same path.
+# If we match all characters, we return true, else we backtrack.
+
+class Solution:
+    def exist(self, board: List[List[str]], word: str) -> bool:
+        self.dirs = [[0,-1], [0, 1], [-1, 0], [1,0]]
+        self.rows, self.cols = len(board), len(board[0])
+
+        for i in range(self.rows):
+            for j in range(self.cols):
+                if self.dfs(board, i, j, word, 0):
+                    return True
+        return False
+
+    
+    def dfs(self, board: List[List[str]], i: int, j: int, word: str, idx: int) -> bool:
+        if idx == len(word):
+            return True
+
+        if i < 0 or j < 0 or i == self.rows or j == self.cols or board[i][j] == '#':
+            return False
+
+        if board[i][j] != word[idx]:
+            return False
+
+        board[i][j] = "#"
+
+        for dx, dy in self.dirs:
+            r = dx + i
+            c = dy + j
+
+            if self.dfs(board, r, c, word, idx + 1):
+                return True
+
+        board[i][j] = word[idx]
+
+        return False
+
+        
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