Pentomino tiling
A pentomino is a polyomino that consists of 5 squares. There are 12 pentomino shapes, if you don't count rotations and reflections. Most pentominoes can form their own mirror image through rotation, but some of them have to be flipped over.
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A Pentomino tiling is an example of an exact cover problem and can take on many forms.
A traditional tiling presents an 8 by 8 grid, where 4 cells are left uncovered. The other cells are covered
by the 12 pentomino shapes, without overlaps, with every shape only used once.
The 4 uncovered cells should be chosen at random. Note that not all configurations are solvable.
- Task
Create an 8 by 8 tiling and print the result.
- Example
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- Related tasks
C#
<lang csharp>using System; using System.Linq;
namespace PentominoTiling {
class Program { static readonly char[] symbols = "FILNPTUVWXYZ-".ToCharArray();
static readonly int nRows = 8; static readonly int nCols = 8; static readonly int target = 12; static readonly int blank = 12;
static int[][] grid = new int[nRows][]; static bool[] placed = new bool[target];
static void Main(string[] args) { var rand = new Random();
for (int r = 0; r < nRows; r++) grid[r] = Enumerable.Repeat(-1, nCols).ToArray();
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) { int randRow, randCol; do { randRow = rand.Next(nRows); randCol = rand.Next(nCols); } while (grid[randRow][randCol] == blank);
grid[randRow][randCol] = blank; }
if (Solve(0, 0)) { PrintResult(); } else { Console.WriteLine("no solution"); }
Console.ReadKey(); }
private static void PrintResult() { foreach (int[] r in grid) { foreach (int i in r) Console.Write("{0} ", symbols[i]); Console.WriteLine(); } }
private static bool Solve(int pos, int numPlaced) { if (numPlaced == target) return true;
int row = pos / nCols; int col = pos % nCols;
if (grid[row][col] != -1) return Solve(pos + 1, numPlaced);
for (int i = 0; i < shapes.Length; i++) { if (!placed[i]) { foreach (int[] orientation in shapes[i]) { if (!TryPlaceOrientation(orientation, row, col, i)) continue;
placed[i] = true;
if (Solve(pos + 1, numPlaced + 1)) return true;
RemoveOrientation(orientation, row, col); placed[i] = false; } } } return false; }
private static void RemoveOrientation(int[] orientation, int row, int col) { grid[row][col] = -1; for (int i = 0; i < orientation.Length; i += 2) grid[row + orientation[i]][col + orientation[i + 1]] = -1; }
private static bool TryPlaceOrientation(int[] orientation, int row, int col, int shapeIndex) { for (int i = 0; i < orientation.Length; i += 2) { int x = col + orientation[i + 1]; int y = row + orientation[i]; if (x < 0 || x >= nCols || y < 0 || y >= nRows || grid[y][x] != -1) return false; }
grid[row][col] = shapeIndex; for (int i = 0; i < orientation.Length; i += 2) grid[row + orientation[i]][col + orientation[i + 1]] = shapeIndex;
return true; }
// four (x, y) pairs are listed, (0,0) not included static readonly int[][] F = { new int[] {1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1}, new int[] {0, 1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0}, new int[] {1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1}, new int[] {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, -1, 2, 0}, new int[] {1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1}, new int[] {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1}, new int[] {1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, -1}, new int[] {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1}};
static readonly int[][] I = { new int[] { 0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4 }, new int[] { 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 0 } };
static readonly int[][] L = { new int[] {1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3}, new int[] {1, 0, 2, 0, 3, -1, 3, 0}, new int[] {0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 3}, new int[] {0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0}, new int[] {0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1}, new int[] {0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 0}, new int[] {1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 3, 1}, new int[] {1, -3, 1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0}};
static readonly int[][] N = { new int[] {0, 1, 1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0}, new int[] {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1}, new int[] {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, -1, 1, 0}, new int[] {1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1, 3, 1}, new int[] {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3}, new int[] {1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0, 3, -1}, new int[] {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3}, new int[] {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1, 3, -1}};
static readonly int[][] P = { new int[] {0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1}, new int[] {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1}, new int[] {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1}, new int[] {0, 1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1}, new int[] {0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2}, new int[] {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0}, new int[] {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2}, new int[] {0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0}};
static readonly int[][] T = { new int[] {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1}, new int[] {1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0}, new int[] {1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0, 2, 1}, new int[] {1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 0}};
static readonly int[][] U = { new int[] {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2}, new int[] {0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1}, new int[] {0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2}, new int[] {0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1}};
static readonly int[][] V = { new int[] {1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1, 2, 2}, new int[] {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 2, 0}, new int[] {1, 0, 2, -2, 2, -1, 2, 0}, new int[] {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2}};
static readonly int[][] W = { new int[] {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2}, new int[] {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -2, 2, -1}, new int[] {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2}, new int[] {0, 1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1}};
static readonly int[][] X = { new int[] { 1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0 } };
static readonly int[][] Y = { new int[] {1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1}, new int[] {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0}, new int[] {0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 1}, new int[] {1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1, 3, 0}, new int[] {0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 2}, new int[] {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 3, 0}, new int[] {1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2}, new int[] {1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0, 3, 0}};
static readonly int[][] Z = { new int[] {0, 1, 1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0}, new int[] {1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2}, new int[] {0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2}, new int[] {1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -2}};
static readonly int[][][] shapes = { F, I, L, N, P, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z }; }
}</lang>
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Go
<lang go>package main
import (
"fmt" "math/rand" "time"
)
var F = [][]int{
{1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1}, {0, 1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, -1, 2, 0}, {1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1}, {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, -1}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1},
}
var I = [][]int{{0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4}, {1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 0}}
var L = [][]int{
{1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3}, {1, 0, 2, 0, 3, -1, 3, 0}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 3}, {0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0}, {0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 0}, {1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 3, 1}, {1, -3, 1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0},
}
var N = [][]int{
{0, 1, 1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, -1, 1, 0}, {1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1, 3, 1}, {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3}, {1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0, 3, -1}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1, 3, -1},
}
var P = [][]int{
{0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1}, {0, 1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1}, {0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0},
}
var T = [][]int{
{0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1}, {1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0}, {1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0, 2, 1}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 0},
}
var U = [][]int{
{0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1}, {0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1},
}
var V = [][]int{
{1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1, 2, 2}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 2, 0}, {1, 0, 2, -2, 2, -1, 2, 0}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2},
}
var W = [][]int{
{1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -2, 2, -1}, {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2}, {0, 1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1},
}
var X = [][]intTemplate:1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0
var Y = [][]int{
{1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 1}, {1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1, 3, 0}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 2}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 3, 0}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2}, {1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0, 3, 0},
}
var Z = [][]int{
{0, 1, 1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2}, {0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2}, {1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -2},
}
var shapes = [][][]int{F, I, L, N, P, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z}
var symbols = []byte("FILNPTUVWXYZ-")
const (
nRows = 8 nCols = 8 blank = 12
)
var grid [nRows][nCols]int var placed [12]bool
func tryPlaceOrientation(o []int, r, c, shapeIndex int) bool {
for i := 0; i < len(o); i += 2 { x := c + o[i+1] y := r + o[i] if x < 0 || x >= nCols || y < 0 || y >= nRows || grid[y][x] != -1 { return false } } grid[r][c] = shapeIndex for i := 0; i < len(o); i += 2 { grid[r+o[i]][c+o[i+1]] = shapeIndex } return true
}
func removeOrientation(o []int, r, c int) {
grid[r][c] = -1 for i := 0; i < len(o); i += 2 { grid[r+o[i]][c+o[i+1]] = -1 }
}
func solve(pos, numPlaced int) bool {
if numPlaced == len(shapes) { return true } row := pos / nCols col := pos % nCols if grid[row][col] != -1 { return solve(pos+1, numPlaced) }
for i := range shapes { if !placed[i] { for _, orientation := range shapes[i] { if !tryPlaceOrientation(orientation, row, col, i) { continue } placed[i] = true if solve(pos+1, numPlaced+1) { return true } removeOrientation(orientation, row, col) placed[i] = false } } } return false
}
func shuffleShapes() {
rand.Shuffle(len(shapes), func(i, j int) { shapes[i], shapes[j] = shapes[j], shapes[i] symbols[i], symbols[j] = symbols[j], symbols[i] })
}
func printResult() {
for _, r := range grid { for _, i := range r { fmt.Printf("%c ", symbols[i]) } fmt.Println() }
}
func main() {
rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano()) shuffleShapes() for r := 0; r < nRows; r++ { for i := range grid[r] { grid[r][i] = -1 } } for i := 0; i < 4; i++ { var randRow, randCol int for { randRow = rand.Intn(nRows) randCol = rand.Intn(nCols) if grid[randRow][randCol] != blank { break } } grid[randRow][randCol] = blank } if solve(0, 0) { printResult() } else { fmt.Println("No solution") }
}</lang>
- Output:
Sample output:
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Java
<lang java>package pentominotiling;
import java.util.*;
public class PentominoTiling {
static final char[] symbols = "FILNPTUVWXYZ-".toCharArray(); static final Random rand = new Random();
static final int nRows = 8; static final int nCols = 8; static final int blank = 12;
static int[][] grid = new int[nRows][nCols]; static boolean[] placed = new boolean[symbols.length - 1];
public static void main(String[] args) { shuffleShapes();
for (int r = 0; r < nRows; r++) Arrays.fill(grid[r], -1);
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) { int randRow, randCol; do { randRow = rand.nextInt(nRows); randCol = rand.nextInt(nCols); } while (grid[randRow][randCol] == blank); grid[randRow][randCol] = blank; }
if (solve(0, 0)) { printResult(); } else { System.out.println("no solution"); } }
static void shuffleShapes() { int n = shapes.length; while (n > 1) { int r = rand.nextInt(n--);
int[][] tmp = shapes[r]; shapes[r] = shapes[n]; shapes[n] = tmp;
char tmpSymbol = symbols[r]; symbols[r] = symbols[n]; symbols[n] = tmpSymbol; } }
static void printResult() { for (int[] r : grid) { for (int i : r) System.out.printf("%c ", symbols[i]); System.out.println(); } }
static boolean tryPlaceOrientation(int[] o, int r, int c, int shapeIndex) {
for (int i = 0; i < o.length; i += 2) { int x = c + o[i + 1]; int y = r + o[i]; if (x < 0 || x >= nCols || y < 0 || y >= nRows || grid[y][x] != -1) return false; }
grid[r][c] = shapeIndex; for (int i = 0; i < o.length; i += 2) grid[r + o[i]][c + o[i + 1]] = shapeIndex;
return true; }
static void removeOrientation(int[] o, int r, int c) { grid[r][c] = -1; for (int i = 0; i < o.length; i += 2) grid[r + o[i]][c + o[i + 1]] = -1; }
static boolean solve(int pos, int numPlaced) { if (numPlaced == shapes.length) return true;
int row = pos / nCols; int col = pos % nCols;
if (grid[row][col] != -1) return solve(pos + 1, numPlaced);
for (int i = 0; i < shapes.length; i++) { if (!placed[i]) { for (int[] orientation : shapes[i]) {
if (!tryPlaceOrientation(orientation, row, col, i)) continue;
placed[i] = true;
if (solve(pos + 1, numPlaced + 1)) return true;
removeOrientation(orientation, row, col); placed[i] = false; } } } return false; }
static final int[][] F = {{1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1}, {0, 1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, -1, 2, 0}, {1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1}, {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, -1}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1}};
static final int[][] I = {{0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4}, {1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 0}};
static final int[][] L = {{1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3}, {1, 0, 2, 0, 3, -1, 3, 0}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 3}, {0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0}, {0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 0}, {1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 3, 1}, {1, -3, 1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0}};
static final int[][] N = {{0, 1, 1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, -1, 1, 0}, {1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1, 3, 1}, {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3}, {1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0, 3, -1}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1, 3, -1}};
static final int[][] P = {{0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1}, {0, 1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1}, {0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0}};
static final int[][] T = {{0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1}, {1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0}, {1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0, 2, 1}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 0}};
static final int[][] U = {{0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1}, {0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2}, {0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1}};
static final int[][] V = {{1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1, 2, 2}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 2, 0}, {1, 0, 2, -2, 2, -1, 2, 0}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2}};
static final int[][] W = {{1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -2, 2, -1}, {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2}, {0, 1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1}};
static final int[][] X = Template:1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0;
static final int[][] Y = {{1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 1}, {1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1, 3, 0}, {0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 2}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 3, 0}, {1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2}, {1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0, 3, 0}};
static final int[][] Z = {{0, 1, 1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0}, {1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2}, {0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2}, {1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -2}};
static final int[][][] shapes = {F, I, L, N, P, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z};
}</lang>
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Julia
<lang julia>using Random
struct GridPoint x::Int; y::Int end
const nrows, ncols, target = 8, 8, 12 const grid = fill('*', nrows, ncols) const shapeletters = ['F', 'I', 'L', 'N', 'P', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z'] const shapevec = [
[(1,-1, 1,0, 1,1, 2,1), (0,1, 1,-1, 1,0, 2,0), (1,0 , 1,1, 1,2, 2,1), (1,0, 1,1, 2,-1, 2,0), (1,-2, 1,-1, 1,0, 2,-1), (0,1, 1,1, 1,2, 2,1), (1,-1, 1,0, 1,1, 2,-1), (1,-1, 1,0, 2,0, 2,1)], [(0,1, 0,2, 0,3, 0,4), (1,0, 2,0, 3,0, 4,0)], [(1,0, 1,1, 1,2, 1,3), (1,0, 2,0, 3,-1, 3,0), (0,1, 0,2, 0,3, 1,3), (0,1, 1,0, 2,0, 3,0), (0,1, 1,1, 2,1, 3,1), (0,1, 0,2, 0,3, 1,0), (1,0, 2,0, 3,0, 3,1), (1,-3, 1,-2, 1,-1, 1,0)], [(0,1, 1,-2, 1,-1, 1,0), (1,0, 1,1, 2,1, 3,1), (0,1, 0,2, 1,-1, 1,0), (1,0, 2,0, 2,1, 3,1), (0,1, 1,1, 1,2, 1,3), (1,0, 2,-1, 2,0, 3,-1), (0,1, 0,2, 1,2, 1,3), (1,-1, 1,0, 2,-1, 3,-1)], [(0,1, 1,0, 1,1, 2,1), (0,1, 0,2, 1,0, 1,1), (1,0, 1,1, 2,0, 2,1), (0,1, 1,-1, 1,0, 1,1), (0,1, 1,0, 1,1, 1,2), (1,-1, 1,0, 2,-1, 2,0), (0,1, 0,2, 1,1, 1,2), (0,1, 1,0, 1,1, 2,0)], [(0,1, 0,2, 1,1, 2,1), (1,-2, 1,-1, 1,0, 2,0), (1,0, 2,-1, 2,0, 2,1), (1,0, 1,1, 1,2, 2,0)], [(0,1, 0,2, 1,0, 1,2), (0,1, 1,1, 2,0, 2,1), (0,2, 1,0, 1,1, 1,2), (0,1, 1,0, 2,0, 2,1)], [(1,0, 2,0, 2,1, 2,2), (0,1, 0,2, 1,0, 2,0), (1,0, 2,-2, 2,-1, 2,0), (0,1, 0,2, 1,2, 2,2)], [(1,0, 1,1, 2,1, 2,2), (1,-1, 1,0, 2,-2, 2,-1), (0,1, 1,1, 1,2, 2,2), (0,1, 1,-1, 1,0, 2,-1)], [(1,-1, 1,0, 1,1, 2,0)], [(1,-2, 1,-1, 1,0, 1,1), (1,-1, 1,0, 2,0, 3,0), (0,1, 0,2, 0,3, 1,1), (1,0, 2,0, 2,1, 3,0), (0,1, 0,2, 0,3, 1,2), (1,0, 1,1, 2,0, 3,0), (1,-1, 1,0, 1,1, 1,2), (1,0, 2,-1, 2,0, 3,0)], [(0,1, 1,0, 2,-1, 2,0), (1,0, 1,1, 1,2, 2,2), (0,1, 1,1, 2,1, 2,2), (1,-2, 1,-1, 1,0, 2,-2)]]
const shapes = Dict{Char,Vector{Vector{GridPoint}}}() const placed = Dict{Char,Bool}()
for (ltr, vec) in zip(shapeletters, shapevec)
shapes[ltr] = [[GridPoint(v[i], v[i + 1]) for i in 1:2:7] for v in vec] placed[ltr] = false
end
printgrid(m, w, h) = for x in 1:w for y in 1:h print(m[x, y], " ") end; println() end
function tryplaceorientation(o, R, C, shapeindex)
for p in o r, c = R + p.x, C + p.y if r < 1 || r > nrows || c < 1 || c > ncols || grid[r, c] != '*' return false end end grid[R, C] = shapeindex for p in o grid[R + p.x, C + p.y] = shapeindex end true
end
function removeorientation(o, r, c)
grid[r, c] = '*' for p in o grid[r + p.x, c + p.y] = '*' end
end
function solve(pos, nplaced)
if nplaced == target return true end row, col = divrem(pos, ncols) .+ 1 if grid[row, col] != '*' return solve(pos + 1, nplaced) end for i in keys((shapes)) if !placed[i] for orientation in shapes[i] if tryplaceorientation(orientation, row, col, i) placed[i] = true if solve(pos + 1, nplaced + 1) return true else removeorientation(orientation, row, col) placed[i] = false end end end end end false
end
function placepentominoes()
for p in zip(shuffle(collect(1:nrows))[1:4], shuffle(collect(1:ncols))[1:4]) grid[p[1], p[2]] = ' ' end if solve(0, 0) printgrid(grid, nrows, ncols) else println("No solution found.") end
end
placepentominoes()
</lang>
- Output:
Z Z X P P P V I Z X X X P P V I Z Z X L V V V I T T T L L L L I N T F F U U I N T W F F U N N W W F Y U U N W W Y Y Y Y
Kotlin
<lang scala>// Version 1.1.4-3
import java.util.Random
val F = arrayOf(
intArrayOf(1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1), intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0), intArrayOf(1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1), intArrayOf(1, 0, 1, 1, 2, -1, 2, 0), intArrayOf(1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1), intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1), intArrayOf(1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, -1), intArrayOf(1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1)
)
val I = arrayOf(
intArrayOf(0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4), intArrayOf(1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 0)
)
val L = arrayOf(
intArrayOf(1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3), intArrayOf(1, 0, 2, 0, 3, -1, 3, 0), intArrayOf(0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 3), intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0), intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1), intArrayOf(0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 0), intArrayOf(1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 3, 1), intArrayOf(1, -3, 1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0)
)
val N = arrayOf(
intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0), intArrayOf(1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1), intArrayOf(0, 1, 0, 2, 1, -1, 1, 0), intArrayOf(1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1, 3, 1), intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3), intArrayOf(1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0, 3, -1), intArrayOf(0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3), intArrayOf(1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1, 3, -1)
)
val P = arrayOf(
intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1), intArrayOf(0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1), intArrayOf(1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1), intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1), intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2), intArrayOf(1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0), intArrayOf(0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2), intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0)
)
val T = arrayOf(
intArrayOf(0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1), intArrayOf(1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0), intArrayOf(1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0, 2, 1), intArrayOf(1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 0)
)
val U = arrayOf(
intArrayOf(0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2), intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1), intArrayOf(0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2), intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1)
)
val V = arrayOf(
intArrayOf(1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1, 2, 2), intArrayOf(0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 2, 0), intArrayOf(1, 0, 2, -2, 2, -1, 2, 0), intArrayOf(0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2)
)
val W = arrayOf(
intArrayOf(1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2), intArrayOf(1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -2, 2, -1), intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2), intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -1)
)
val X = arrayOf(intArrayOf(1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0))
val Y = arrayOf(
intArrayOf(1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1), intArrayOf(1, -1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0), intArrayOf(0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 1), intArrayOf(1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1, 3, 0), intArrayOf(0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 2), intArrayOf(1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 3, 0), intArrayOf(1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2), intArrayOf(1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0, 3, 0)
)
val Z = arrayOf(
intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, 0, 2, -1, 2, 0), intArrayOf(1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2), intArrayOf(0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2), intArrayOf(1, -2, 1, -1, 1, 0, 2, -2)
)
val shapes = arrayOf(F, I, L, N, P, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z) val rand = Random()
val symbols = "FILNPTUVWXYZ-".toCharArray()
val nRows = 8 val nCols = 8 val blank = 12
val grid = Array(nRows) { IntArray(nCols) } val placed = BooleanArray(symbols.size - 1)
fun tryPlaceOrientation(o: IntArray, r: Int, c: Int, shapeIndex: Int): Boolean {
for (i in 0 until o.size step 2) { val x = c + o[i + 1] val y = r + o[i] if (x !in (0 until nCols) || y !in (0 until nRows) || grid[y][x] != - 1) return false } grid[r][c] = shapeIndex for (i in 0 until o.size step 2) grid[r + o[i]][c + o[i + 1]] = shapeIndex return true
}
fun removeOrientation(o: IntArray, r: Int, c: Int) {
grid[r][c] = -1 for (i in 0 until o.size step 2) grid[r + o[i]][c + o[i + 1]] = -1
}
fun solve(pos: Int, numPlaced: Int): Boolean {
if (numPlaced == shapes.size) return true val row = pos / nCols val col = pos % nCols if (grid[row][col] != -1) return solve(pos + 1, numPlaced)
for (i in 0 until shapes.size) { if (!placed[i]) { for (orientation in shapes[i]) { if (!tryPlaceOrientation(orientation, row, col, i)) continue placed[i] = true if (solve(pos + 1, numPlaced + 1)) return true removeOrientation(orientation, row, col) placed[i] = false } } } return false
}
fun shuffleShapes() {
var n = shapes.size while (n > 1) { val r = rand.nextInt(n--) val tmp = shapes[r] shapes[r] = shapes[n] shapes[n] = tmp val tmpSymbol= symbols[r] symbols[r] = symbols[n] symbols[n] = tmpSymbol }
}
fun printResult() {
for (r in grid) { for (i in r) print("${symbols[i]} ") println() }
}
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
shuffleShapes() for (r in 0 until nRows) grid[r].fill(-1) for (i in 0..3) { var randRow: Int var randCol: Int do { randRow = rand.nextInt(nRows) randCol = rand.nextInt(nCols) } while (grid[randRow][randCol] == blank) grid[randRow][randCol] = blank } if (solve(0, 0)) printResult() else println("No solution")
}</lang>
Sample output:
I I I I I F - W N N N F F F W W U U N N F W W - - U V L L L L T U U V L Z T T T V V V X Z Z Z T P P X X X Y Z - P P P X Y Y Y Y
Phix
Apart from the shape table creation, the solving part is a translation of Go.
I also added a fast unsolveable() check routine, not that it desperately needed it.
<lang Phix>constant pentominoes = split("""
......I................................................................
......I.....L......N.........................................Y.........
.FF...I.....L.....NN....PP....TTT...........V.....W....X....YY.....ZZ..
FF....I.....L.....N.....PP.....T....U.U.....V....WW...XXX....Y.....Z...
.F....I.....LL....N.....P......T....UUU...VVV...WW.....X.....Y....ZZ...""",'\n')
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
function get_shapes()
sequence res = {} for offset=0 to length(pentominoes[1]) by 6 do -- -- scan left/right, and up/down, both ways, to give 8 orientations -- (computes the equivalent of those hard-coded tables in -- other examples, albeit in a slightly different order.) -- sequence shape = {} integer letter for orientation=0 to 7 do sequence this = {} bool found = false integer fr, fc for r=1 to 5 do for c=1 to 5 do integer rr = iff(and_bits(orientation,#01)?6-r:r), cc = iff(and_bits(orientation,#02)?6-c:c) if and_bits(orientation,#04) then {rr,cc} = {cc,rr} end if integer ch = pentominoes[rr,offset+cc] if ch!='.' then if not found then {found,fr,fc,letter} = {true,r,c,ch} else this &= {r-fr,c-fc} end if end if end for end for if not find(this,shape) then shape = append(shape,this) end if end for res = append(res,{letter&"",shape}) end for return res
end function
constant shapes = get_shapes(),
nRows = 8, nCols = 8
sequence grid = repeat(repeat(' ',nCols),nRows),
placed = repeat(false,length(shapes))
function can_place(sequence o, integer r, c, ch)
for i=1 to length(o) by 2 do integer x := c + o[i+1], y := r + o[i] if x<1 or x>nCols or y<1 or y>nRows or grid[y][x]!=' ' then return false end if end for grid[r][c] = ch for i=1 to length(o) by 2 do grid[r+o[i]][c+o[i+1]] = ch end for return true
end function
procedure un_place(sequence o, integer r, c)
grid[r][c] = ' ' for i=1 to length(o) by 2 do grid[r+o[i]][c+o[i+1]] = ' ' end for
end procedure
function solve(integer pos=0, numPlaced=0)
if numPlaced == length(shapes) then return true end if integer row = floor(pos/8)+1, col = mod(pos,8)+1 if grid[row][col]!=' ' then return solve(pos+1, numPlaced) end if for i=1 to length(shapes) do if not placed[i] then integer ch = shapes[i][1][1] for j=1 to length(shapes[i][2]) do sequence o = shapes[i][2][j] if can_place(o, row, col, ch) then placed[i] = true if solve(pos+1, numPlaced+1) then return true end if un_place(o, row, col) placed[i] = false end if end for end if end for return false
end function
function unsolveable() -- -- The only unsolvable grids seen have -- -.- or -..- or -... at edge/corner, -- - -- --- - -- or somewhere in the middle a -.- -- - -- -- Simply place all shapes at all positions/orientations, -- all the while checking for any untouchable cells. --
sequence griddled = grid for r=1 to 8 do for c=1 to 8 do if grid[r][c]=' ' then for i=1 to length(shapes) do integer ch = shapes[i][1][1] for j=1 to length(shapes[i][2]) do sequence o = shapes[i][2][j] if can_place(o, r, c, ch) then grid[r][c] = ' ' griddled[r][c] = '-' for k=1 to length(o) by 2 do grid[r+o[k]][c+o[k+1]] = ' ' griddled[r+o[k]][c+o[k+1]] = '-' end for end if end for end for if griddled[r][c]!='-' then return true end if end if end for end for return false
end function
procedure add_four_randomly()
integer count = 0 while count<4 do integer r = rand(8), c = rand(8) if grid[r][c]=' ' then grid[r][c] = '-' count += 1 end if end while
end procedure
procedure main()
add_four_randomly() if unsolveable() then puts(1,"No solution\n") else if not solve() then ?9/0 end if end if puts(1,join(grid,"\n")&"\n")
end procedure main()</lang>
- Output:
FFPPPVVV YFFPPX-V YFUUXXXV YYU-ZX-I YTUUZZZI -TTTWWZI LTNNNWWI LLLLNNWI
Visual Basic .NET
via
Instead of having a large declaration for each rotation of each pentomino, a small array of encoded positions is supplied (seeds), and it is expanded into the set of 63 possible orientations. However, the additional expansion routines code does take up about 2/3 of the space that would have been taken by the elaborate Integer array definitions. <lang vbnet>Module Module1
Dim symbols As Char() = "XYPFTVNLUZWI█".ToCharArray(), nRows As Integer = 8, nCols As Integer = 8, target As Integer = 12, blank As Integer = 12, grid As Integer()() = New Integer(nRows - 1)() {}, placed As Boolean() = New Boolean(target - 1) {}, pens As List(Of List(Of Integer())), rand As Random, seeds As Integer() = {291, 292, 293, 295, 297, 329, 330, 332, 333, 335, 378, 586}
Sub Main() Unpack(seeds) : rand = New Random() : ShuffleShapes(2) For r As Integer = 0 To nRows - 1 grid(r) = Enumerable.Repeat(-1, nCols).ToArray() : Next For i As Integer = 0 To 3 Dim rRow, rCol As Integer : Do : rRow = rand.Next(nRows) : rCol = rand.Next(nCols) Loop While grid(rRow)(rCol) = blank : grid(rRow)(rCol) = blank Next If Solve(0, 0) Then PrintResult() Else Console.WriteLine("no solution for this configuration:") : PrintResult() End If If System.Diagnostics.Debugger.IsAttached Then Console.ReadKey() End Sub
Sub ShuffleShapes(count As Integer) ' changes order of the pieces for a more random solution For i As Integer = 0 To count : For j = 0 To pens.Count - 1 Dim r As Integer : Do : r = rand.Next(pens.Count) : Loop Until r <> j Dim tmp As List(Of Integer()) = pens(r) : pens(r) = pens(j) : pens(j) = tmp Dim ch As Char = symbols(r) : symbols(r) = symbols(j) : symbols(j) = ch Next : Next End Sub
Sub PrintResult() ' display results For Each r As Integer() In grid : For Each i As Integer In r Console.Write("{0} ", If(i < 0, ".", symbols(i))) Next : Console.WriteLine() : Next End Sub
' returns first found solution only Function Solve(ByVal pos As Integer, ByVal numPlaced As Integer) As Boolean If numPlaced = target Then Return True Dim row As Integer = pos \ nCols, col As Integer = pos Mod nCols If grid(row)(col) <> -1 Then Return Solve(pos + 1, numPlaced) For i As Integer = 0 To pens.Count - 1 : If Not placed(i) Then For Each orientation As Integer() In pens(i) If Not TPO(orientation, row, col, i) Then Continue For placed(i) = True : If Solve(pos + 1, numPlaced + 1) Then Return True RmvO(orientation, row, col) : placed(i) = False Next : End If : Next : Return False End Function
' removes a placed orientation Sub RmvO(ByVal ori As Integer(), ByVal row As Integer, ByVal col As Integer) grid(row)(col) = -1 : For i As Integer = 0 To ori.Length - 1 Step 2 grid(row + ori(i))(col + ori(i + 1)) = -1 : Next End Sub
' checks an orientation, if possible it is placed, else returns false Function TPO(ByVal ori As Integer(), ByVal row As Integer, ByVal col As Integer, ByVal sIdx As Integer) As Boolean For i As Integer = 0 To ori.Length - 1 Step 2 Dim x As Integer = col + ori(i + 1), y As Integer = row + ori(i) If x < 0 OrElse x >= nCols OrElse y < 0 OrElse y >= nRows OrElse grid(y)(x) <> -1 Then Return False Next : grid(row)(col) = sIdx For i As Integer = 0 To ori.Length - 1 Step 2 grid(row + ori(i))(col + ori(i + 1)) = sIdx Next : Return True End Function
'!' the following routines expand the seed values into the 63 orientation arrays. ' source code space savings comparison: ' around 2000 chars for the expansion code, verses about 3000 chars for the integer array defs. ' perhaps not worth the savings?
Sub Unpack(sv As Integer()) ' unpacks a list of seed values into a set of 63 rotated pentominoes pens = New List(Of List(Of Integer())) : For Each item In sv Dim Gen As New List(Of Integer()), exi As List(Of Integer) = Expand(item), fx As Integer() = ToP(exi) : Gen.Add(fx) : For i As Integer = 1 To 7 If i = 4 Then Mir(exi) Else Rot(exi) fx = ToP(exi) : If Not Gen.Exists(Function(Red) TheSame(Red, fx)) Then Gen.Add(ToP(exi)) Next : pens.Add(Gen) : Next End Sub
' expands an integer into a set of directions Function Expand(i As Integer) As List(Of Integer) Expand = {0}.ToList() : For j As Integer = 0 To 3 : Expand.Insert(1, i And 15) : i >>= 4 : Next End Function
' converts a set of directions to an array of y, x pairs Function ToP(p As List(Of Integer)) As Integer() Dim tmp As List(Of Integer) = {0}.ToList() : For Each item As Integer In p.Skip(1) tmp.Add(tmp.Item(item >> 2) + {1, 8, -1, -8}(item And 3)) : Next tmp.Sort() : For i As Integer = tmp.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1 : tmp.Item(i) -= tmp.Item(0) : Next Dim res As New List(Of Integer) : For Each item In tmp.Skip(1) Dim adj = If((item And 7) > 4, 8, 0) res.Add((adj + item) \ 8) : res.Add((item And 7) - adj) Next : Return res.ToArray() End Function
' compares integer arrays for equivalency Function TheSame(a As Integer(), b As Integer()) As Boolean For i As Integer = 0 To a.Count - 1 : If a(i) <> b(i) Then Return False Next : Return True End Function
Sub Rot(ByRef p As List(Of Integer)) ' rotates a set of directions by 90 degrees For i As Integer = 0 To p.Count - 1 : p(i) = (p(i) And -4) Or ((p(i) + 1) And 3) : Next End Sub
Sub Mir(ByRef p As List(Of Integer)) ' mirrors a set of directions For i As Integer = 0 To p.Count - 1 : p(i) = (p(i) And -4) Or (((p(i) Xor 1) + 1) And 3) : Next End Sub
End Module
</lang>
- Output:
Solution found result (typical output):
Y F F █ L L L L Y Y F F L P P P Y T F N N N P P Y T N N █ V V V T T T W W Z Z V U U X █ W W Z V U X X X █ W Z Z U U X I I I I I
Impossible to solve result (a somewhat rare occurrence):
no solution for this configuration: . █ . . . . . . █ . . █ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . █ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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- Output:
Solution found result (typical output):
┌─────┬─────┬─┬─┐ │ ┌─┐ ├─┐ │ │ │ ├─┼─┴─┴─┴─┬─┘ │ │ │ └───┬─┐ │ ┌─┤ │ │ ┌───┼─┼─┴─┘ │ │ ├─┘ ┌─┘ └─┐ ┌─┼─┤ │ ┌─┼─┐ ┌─┴─┘ │ │ ├─┴─┘ └─┤ ┌───┘ │ └───────┴─┴─────┘
Impossible to solve result (a somewhat rare occurrence):
no solution for this configuration: ┌─┬─┬─┬─┬───────┐ │ └─┘ └─┘ │ │ ┌─┐ │ ├─┼─┘ │ ├─┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────────────┘
zkl
<lang zkl>fcn printResult
{ foreach row in (grid){ row.apply(symbols.get).concat(" ").println() } }
fcn tryPlaceOrientation(o, R,C, shapeIndex){
foreach ro,co in (o){ r,c:=R+ro, C+co; if(r<0 or r>=nRows or c<0 or c>=nCols or grid[r][c]!=-1) return(False); } grid[R][C]=shapeIndex; foreach ro,co in (o){ grid[R+ro][C+co]=shapeIndex } True
} fcn removeOrientation(o, r,c)
{ grid[r][c]=-1; foreach ro,co in (o){ grid[r+ro][c+co]=-1 } }
fcn solve(pos,numPlaced){
if(numPlaced==target) return(True);
row,col:=pos.divr(nCols); if(grid[row][col]!=-1) return(solve(pos+1,numPlaced)); foreach i in (shapes.len()){ if(not placed[i]){
foreach orientation in (shapes[i]){ if(not tryPlaceOrientation(orientation, row,col, i)) continue; placed[i]=True; if(solve(pos+1,numPlaced+1)) return(True); removeOrientation(orientation, row,col); placed[i]=False; }
} } False
}</lang> <lang zkl>reg [private] // the shapes are made of groups of 4 (r,c) pairs
_F=T(T(1,-1, 1,0, 1,1, 2,1), T(0,1, 1,-1, 1,0, 2,0), T(1,0 , 1,1, 1,2, 2,1), T(1,0, 1,1, 2,-1, 2,0), T(1,-2, 1,-1, 1,0, 2,-1), T(0,1, 1,1, 1,2, 2,1), T(1,-1, 1,0, 1,1, 2,-1), T(1,-1, 1,0, 2,0, 2,1)), _I=T(T(0,1, 0,2, 0,3, 0,4), T(1,0, 2,0, 3,0, 4,0)), _L=T(T(1,0, 1,1, 1,2, 1,3), T(1,0, 2,0, 3,-1, 3,0), T(0,1, 0,2, 0,3, 1,3), T(0,1, 1,0, 2,0, 3,0), T(0,1, 1,1, 2,1, 3,1), T(0,1, 0,2, 0,3, 1,0), T(1,0, 2,0, 3,0, 3,1), T(1,-3, 1,-2, 1,-1, 1,0)), _N=T(T(0,1, 1,-2, 1,-1, 1,0), T(1,0, 1,1, 2,1, 3,1), T(0,1, 0,2, 1,-1, 1,0), T(1,0, 2,0, 2,1, 3,1), T(0,1, 1,1, 1,2, 1,3), T(1,0, 2,-1, 2,0, 3,-1),T(0,1, 0,2, 1,2, 1,3), T(1,-1, 1,0, 2,-1, 3,-1)), _P=T(T(0,1, 1,0, 1,1, 2,1), T(0,1, 0,2, 1,0, 1,1), T(1,0, 1,1, 2,0, 2,1), T(0,1, 1,-1, 1,0, 1,1), T(0,1, 1,0, 1,1, 1,2), T(1,-1, 1,0, 2,-1, 2,0), T(0,1, 0,2, 1,1, 1,2), T(0,1, 1,0, 1,1, 2,0)), _T=T(T(0,1, 0,2, 1,1, 2,1), T(1,-2, 1,-1, 1,0, 2,0), T(1,0, 2,-1, 2,0, 2,1), T(1,0, 1,1, 1,2, 2,0)), _U=T(T(0,1, 0,2, 1,0, 1,2), T(0,1, 1,1, 2,0, 2,1), T(0,2, 1,0, 1,1, 1,2), T(0,1, 1,0, 2,0, 2,1)), _V=T(T(1,0, 2,0, 2,1, 2,2), T(0,1, 0,2, 1,0, 2,0), T(1,0, 2,-2, 2,-1, 2,0), T(0,1, 0,2, 1,2, 2,2)), _W=T(T(1,0, 1,1, 2,1, 2,2), T(1,-1, 1,0, 2,-2, 2,-1), T(0,1, 1,1, 1,2, 2,2), T(0,1, 1,-1, 1,0, 2,-1)), _X=T(T(1,-1, 1,0, 1,1, 2,0)), _Y=T(T(1,-2, 1,-1, 1,0, 1,1), T(1,-1, 1,0, 2,0, 3,0), T(0,1, 0,2, 0,3, 1,1), T(1,0, 2,0, 2,1, 3,0), T(0,1, 0,2, 0,3, 1,2), T(1,0, 1,1, 2,0, 3,0), T(1,-1, 1,0, 1,1, 1,2), T(1,0, 2,-1, 2,0, 3,0)), _Z=T(T(0,1, 1,0, 2,-1, 2,0), T(1,0, 1,1, 1,2, 2,2), T(0,1, 1,1, 2,1, 2,2), T(1,-2, 1,-1, 1,0, 2,-2));
const nRows=8, nCols=8, target=12, blank=12; var [const]
grid = nRows.pump(List(),nCols.pump(List(),-1).copy), placed = target.pump(List(),False),
symbols="FILNPTUVWXYZ-".split(""), shapes=T(_F,_I,_L,_N,_P,_T,_U,_V,_W,_X,_Y,_Z) // ((a,b, c,d))-->(((a,b),(c,d))) .pump(List,List("pump",List,List("pump",List,Void.Read,T.create)));</lang>
<lang zkl>foreach r,c in ([0..nRows-1].walk().shuffle().zip([0..nCols-1].walk().shuffle())[0,4])
{ grid[r][c]=blank } // make sure 4 unique random spots
if(solve(0,0)) printResult(); else println("No solution");</lang>
- Output:
F Y Y Y Y U U U F F F Y - U X U I F W W L X X X I W W N L - X T I W N N L T T T I V N L L Z Z T I V N P P P Z - - V V V P P Z Z