let debugf = Format.ifprintf Format.std_formatter let pp_card out ((x, y), n) = Format.fprintf out "((%d, %d), %d)" x y n let intersects ((x1l, y1b), n1) ((x2l, y2b), n2) = let x1r = x1l + n1 in let x2r = x2l + n2 in let y1t = y1b + n1 in let y2t = y2b + n2 in let result = x1l < x2r && x1r > x2l && y1t > y2b && y1b < y2t in begin result end let rec card_fits size idx placed_cards (x, y) = if x + idx > size then false else if y + idx > size then false else match placed_cards with | [] -> true | h :: t -> if intersects h ((x, y), idx) then false else card_fits size idx t (x, y) let rec in_card (x, y) cards = match cards with | [] -> false | ((a, b), n) :: t -> if x >= a && x < a + n && y >= b && y < b + n then true else in_card (x, y) t let next_pos size (x, y) cards = let rec impl x y = if x >= size then impl 0 (y + 1) else if in_card (x, y) cards then impl (x + 1) y else (x, y) in impl (x + 1) y let pp_pos out (x, y) = Format.fprintf out "(@[%d,@ %d@])" x y let rec find_solutions_impl cards size n idx current_alloc current_pos = begin debugf "find_solutions_impl:@ @[%a@ %d@ %d@ %d@ %a@ %a@]@;@?" (Format.pp_print_array Format.pp_print_int) cards size n idx (Format.pp_print_list pp_card) current_alloc pp_pos current_pos; if current_pos = (0, size) then current_alloc else if idx = 0 then [] else if cards.(idx) = 0 then find_solutions_impl cards size n (idx - 1) current_alloc current_pos else if card_fits size idx current_alloc current_pos then begin Array.set cards idx (cards.(idx) - 1); let new_alloc = (current_pos, idx) :: current_alloc in let new_pos = next_pos size current_pos new_alloc in let alloc = find_solutions_impl cards size n n new_alloc new_pos in Array.set cards idx (cards.(idx) + 1); if List.is_empty alloc then find_solutions_impl cards size n (idx - 1) current_alloc current_pos else alloc end else find_solutions_impl cards size n (idx - 1) current_alloc current_pos end let find_solutions cards size = find_solutions_impl cards size (Array.length cards - 1) (Array.length cards - 1) [] (0, 0) let n = 8 let tri_n = (n + 1) * n / 2 (* Cards is an array initialised so that cards[x] = x for x = [0..9]. These are the cards we need to fit into the square of length tri_n. *) let cards = Array.init (n + 1) Fun.id let soln = find_solutions cards tri_n let () = Format.printf "@[Base number: %d,@;side length: %d@;" n tri_n let () = Format.printf "Solution: %a@]@\n" (Format.pp_print_list pp_card) soln