Dsa
Backtracking
Medium
Coloring a Grid
You are given a grid of size n x n and a target color k. Your goal is to find all unique ways to color the grid such that no two adjacent cells (including diagonally adjacent) share the same color. The total number of colors available is k. Output the total number of unique colorings possible.
Input:
- The first line contains two integers n (1 <= n <= 10) and k (1 <= k <= 10).
Output:
- A single integer representing the number of unique colorings possible.
Example:
Input:
2 2
Output:
6
Key concepts
backtrackinggridcombinatorial
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