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Garden Path Arrangement

You are given a garden path represented by an array of flower types, where each type is denoted by a letter (like 'R' for Rose, 'T' for Tulip, etc.). Your task is to arrange the flowers such that no two adjacent flowers are of the same type. Print all possible valid arrangements. Input Format: The first line contains an integer n (1 ≤ n ≤ 10), the number of flowers. The second line contains n space-separated characters representing flower types (e.g., R T R T). Output Format: Print each valid arrangement on a new line in lexicographical order. Example: Input: 4 R T R T Output: R T R T R T T R T R R T T R T R

Key concepts

backtrackingcombinatoricspathfinding

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