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N-Queens Solution Counter

Implement a function that counts how many possible ways you can place N queens on an N×N chessboard so that no two queens threaten each other. The function should output the total number of distinct solutions. Example Input: 4 Example Output: 2

Key concepts

recursionbacktrackingcombinatorial

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