From 68156d1446d14d5c9e463d67cf77df634ae0191b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candida17 <53035166+candida17@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:39:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Create Problem1.java

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 Problem1.java | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Problem1.java

diff --git a/Problem1.java b/Problem1.java
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+// Time Complexity : O(n * n!)
+// Space Complexity : O(n^2) for the matrix + O(n) recursive stack 
+// Did this code successfully run on Leetcode : Yes
+// Any problem you faced while coding this : No
+
+
+// Your code here along with comments explaining your approach
+//We recurse through every row and check if its safe to place the queen if yes we recursivley check for other rows and backtrack them
+//When placing a queen in particular row we check for top colums in prev rows, also check diagonally top left and top right
+//When all the rows are filled we check if the particular cell has a queen we convert and place it in a string as Q else as "."
+class Solution {
+    public List<List<String>> solveNQueens(int n) {
+        boolean [][] grid = new boolean[n][n];
+        List<List<String>> res = new ArrayList<>();
+        backtrack(grid, 0, n, res);
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    private void backtrack(boolean [][] grid , int r, int n, List<List<String>> res) {
+        //base
+        if (r == n) {// covered all rows
+            //place the queens in list
+            List<String> li = new ArrayList<>();
+            for(int i = 0; i<n; i++) {
+                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+                for(int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
+                    if(grid[i][j]) {
+                        sb.append("Q");
+                    } else {
+                        sb.append(".");
+                    }
+                }
+                li.add(sb.toString());
+            }
+            res.add(li);
+        }
+
+
+        //logic
+        for(int c=0; c<n ; c++) { //iterate over each row to check if its safe to place the queen
+            if(isSafe(grid, r, c, n)) {
+                //action
+                grid[r][c] = true;
+                //recurse
+                backtrack(grid, r+1, n, res);
+                //backtrack
+                grid[r][c] = false;
+            } 
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean isSafe(boolean[][] grid, int r, int c, int n) {
+        //column up
+        for(int i = 0; i < r; i++) {
+            if(grid[i][c]) return false; //unsafe to place the queen here
+        }
+
+        //diagonal top left
+        int i = r; int j = c; 
+        while(i >=0 && j >= 0) {
+            if(grid[i][j]) return false; //unsafe to place the queen here
+            i--; j--;
+        }
+
+        //diagonal top right
+        i = r; j = c; 
+        while(i >=0 && j < n) {
+            if(grid[i][j]) return false; //unsafe to place the queen here
+            i--; j++;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}

From d4db5284724c9aa04fb73155a24337ad8acbd966 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candida17 <53035166+candida17@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:27:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Create Problem2.java

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 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Problem2.java

diff --git a/Problem2.java b/Problem2.java
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+// Time Complexity : O(m*n*3^L) where L is the length of the word
+// Space Complexity : O(n)
+// Did this code successfully run on Leetcode : yes 
+// Any problem you faced while coding this : no
+
+
+// Your code here along with comments explaining your approach
+//We perform DFS with backtracking we start with the cell whose character matches the first letter of word
+//we recursively check for all its neighbors in right, top, left and down and also backtrack if no valid path found
+class Solution {
+    public boolean exist(char[][] board, String word) {
+        int m = board.length;
+        int n = board[0].length;
+        int [][] dirs = {{1,0}, {-1,0}, {0,1}, {0,-1}};
+        for(int i = 0; i < m; i++) {
+            for(int j = 0; j <n; j++) {
+                if(board[i][j] == word.charAt(0)) {
+                    if(backtrack(board, word, i, j, 0, dirs)) return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+        
+    }
+
+    private boolean backtrack(char[][] board, String word, int i ,int j, int idx, int[][] dirs) {
+       
+        //base
+        if (idx == word.length()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if(i < 0 || j < 0 || i >= board.length || j >= board[0].length || board[i][j] == '#') return false;
+        
+        //logic
+        if(board[i][j] == word.charAt(idx)) {
+            //only then you proceed
+            board[i][j] = '#'; //visited
+            //iterate over the neighbours
+            for(int[] dir: dirs) {
+                int nr = dir[0] + i;
+                int nc = dir[1] + j;
+                if(backtrack(board, word, nr, nc, idx + 1, dirs)) return true;
+            }
+            //backtrack
+            board[i][j] = word.charAt(idx);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+}