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N-Queens

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Problem Statement

The n-queens puzzle is the problem of placing n queens on an n x n chessboard such that no two queens attack each other.

Given an integer n , return all distinct solutions to the n-queens puzzle . You may return the answer in any order .

Each solution contains a distinct board configuration of the n-queens' placement, where 'Q' and '.' both indicate a queen and an empty space, respectively.

Examples

Example 1
Input: n = 4
Output: [[".Q..","...Q","Q...","..Q."],["..Q.","Q...","...Q",".Q.."]]
There exist two distinct solutions to the 4-queens puzzle as shown above
Example 2
Input: n = 1
Output: [["Q"]]

Constraints

1 <= n <= 9
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