class Solution {
public:
vector<vector<string> > solveNQueens(int n) {
vector<vector<string> > res;
vector<int> pos(n, -1);
solveNQueensDFS(pos, 0, res);
return res;
}
void solveNQueensDFS(vector<int> &pos, int row, vector<vector<string> > &res) {
int n = pos.size();
if (row == n) {
vector<string> out(n, string(n, '.'));
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
out[i][pos[i]] = 'Q';
}
res.push_back(out);
} else {
for (int col = 0; col < n; ++col) {
if (isValid(pos, row ,col)) {
pos[row] = col;
solveNQueensDFS(pos, row + 1, res);
pos[row] = -1;
}
}
}
}
bool isValid(vector<int> &pos, int row, int col) {
for (int i = 0; i < row; ++i) {
if (col == pos[i] || abs(row - i) == abs(col - pos[i])) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
};