chess_challenge.rb

require "pry"
require "pp"

class Point
  attr_accessor :x, :y, :n, :mov, :history

  def initialize(x, y, n, first, last, history = nil)
    @x = x
    @y = y
    @n = n
    @first = first
    @last = last
    @history = history
  end

  def can_move_up_left?
    (@y - @first >= 0) && (@x - @last >= 0)
  end

  def can_move_up_right?
    (@y - @first >= 0) && (@x + @last <= @n)
  end

  def can_move_down_left?
    (@y + @first <= @n) && (@x - @last >= 0)
  end

  def can_move_down_right?
    (@y + @first <= @n) && (@x + @last <= @n)
  end

  def can_move_right_up?
    (@x + @first <= @n) && (@y - @last >= 0)
  end

  def can_move_right_down?
    (@x + @first <= @n) && (@y + @last <= @n)
  end

  def can_move_left_up?
    (@x - @first >= 0) &&  (@y - @last >= 0)
  end

  def can_move_left_down?
    (@x - @first >= 0) && (@y + @last <= @n)
  end

  def posible_positions
     possible = []

     possible << Point.new(@x - @last, @y - @first, @n, @first, @last) if can_move_up_left? && not_in_history(@x - @last, @y - @first)
     possible << Point.new(@x + @last, @y - @first, @n, @first, @last) if can_move_up_right? && not_in_history(@x + @last, @y - @first)

     possible << Point.new(@x - @last, @y + @first, @n, @first, @last) if can_move_down_left? && not_in_history(@x - @last, @y + @first)
     possible << Point.new(@x + @last, @y + @first, @n, @first, @last) if can_move_down_right? && not_in_history(@x + @last, @y + @first)

     possible << Point.new(@x + @first, @y - @last, @n, @first, @last) if can_move_right_up? && not_in_history(@x + @first, @y - @last)
     possible << Point.new(@x + @first, @y + @last, @n, @first, @last) if can_move_right_down? && not_in_history(@x + @first, @y + @last)

     possible << Point.new(@x - @first, @y - @last, @n, @first, @last) if can_move_left_up? && not_in_history(@x - @first, @y - @last)
     possible << Point.new(@x - @first, @y + @last, @n, @first, @last) if can_move_left_down? && not_in_history(@x - @first, @y + @last)

     possible.uniq! do |position|
      "#{position.x}#{position.y}"
     end

     if possible.length > 0
        hist = history.dup
        hist << [x,y]

        possible.each { |pos| pos.history = hist }
     end

     possible
  end

  def finished?
    x == n && y == n
  end

  def not_in_history(x, y)
    [email protected]? { |point| point.first === x && point.last === y }
  end

  def find_path
      return (history << [x, y]) if finished?

      positions = posible_positions
      return nil if positions.length == 0

      clean = positions.map(&:find_path)
      clean.compact!
      clean.min { |a, b| a.length <=> b.length }
  end
end

def knightlOnAChessboard(n)
  n = n -1
  (1..n).to_a.map do |y|
    (1..n).to_a.map do |x|
      (Point.new(0,0, n, y, x, []).find_path || []).length - 1
    end
  end
end

pp knightlOnAChessboard(5)
# [[4, 4, 2, 8], [4, 2, 4, 4], [2, 4, -1, -1], [8, 4, -1, 1]]