Problem 2026. Skyscrapers - Puzzle
The Skyscraper puzzle challenge comes from Logic Masters India and Games' Concept is Puzzles.
Create an NxN matrix where each row and column contains 1:N given the constraints of View_Right, View_Left, View_Down, and View_Up. A View is the number of Skyscrapers visible the given edge location. A Zero value is No Information provided.
Input: [vr,vL,vd,vu] vectors of sizes (N,1),(N,1),(1,N),(1,N)
Output: M an NxN matrix
Example:
vr=[0 0 3 0 0]'; vL=[3 0 0 1 0]'; vd=[0 0 0 0 0]; vu=[5 2 0 0 0];
M 5 4 2 1 3 4 5 1 3 2 3 2 4 5 1 2 1 3 4 5 1 3 5 2 4
Algorithm Discussion:
1) Create permutations H and V vectors of length N of values 1:N. (N=5) [12345;12354;...54321] 2) Calc Skyscraper count from Left and Right 3) Determine subset of SkyVectors possible for each Row and Column 4) Sort the Qty of 2*N possible solutions 5) Recursion from least to most valid SkyVectors 6) In recursion verify valid overlay or return
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