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+/* C++ program to solve Rat in
+a Maze problem using backtracking */
+#include <stdio.h>
+ 
+// Maze size
+#define N 4
+ 
+bool solveMazeUtil(
+    int maze[N][N], int x,
+    int y, int sol[N][N]);
+ 
+/* A utility function to print
+solution matrix sol[N][N] */
+void printSolution(int sol[N][N])
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+        for (int j = 0; j < N; j++)
+            printf(" %d ", sol[i][j]);
+        printf("\n");
+    }
+}
+ 
+/* A utility function to check if x,
+y is valid index for N*N maze */
+bool isSafe(int maze[N][N], int x, int y)
+{
+    // if (x, y outside maze) return false
+    if (
+        x >= 0 && x < N && y >= 0
+        && y < N && maze[x][y] == 1)
+        return true;
+ 
+    return false;
+}
+ 
+/* This function solves the Maze problem
+using Backtracking. It mainly uses
+solveMazeUtil() to solve the problem.
+It returns false if no path is possible,
+otherwise return true and prints the path
+in the form of 1s. Please note that there
+may be more than one solutions, this
+function prints one of the feasible
+solutions.*/
+bool solveMaze(int maze[N][N])
+{
+    int sol[N][N] = { { 0, 0, 0, 0 },
+                    { 0, 0, 0, 0 },
+                    { 0, 0, 0, 0 },
+                    { 0, 0, 0, 0 } };
+ 
+    if (solveMazeUtil(
+            maze, 0, 0, sol)
+        == false) {
+        printf("Solution doesn't exist");
+        return false;
+    }
+ 
+    printSolution(sol);
+    return true;
+}
+ 
+/* A recursive utility function
+to solve Maze problem */
+bool solveMazeUtil(
+    int maze[N][N], int x,
+    int y, int sol[N][N])
+{
+    // if (x, y is goal) return true
+    if (
+        x == N - 1 && y == N - 1
+        && maze[x][y] == 1) {
+        sol[x][y] = 1;
+        return true;
+    }
+ 
+    // Check if maze[x][y] is valid
+    if (isSafe(maze, x, y) == true) {
+          // Check if the current block is already part of solution path.   
+          if (sol[x][y] == 1)
+              return false;
+       
+        // mark x, y as part of solution path
+        sol[x][y] = 1;
+ 
+        /* Move forward in x direction */
+        if (solveMazeUtil(
+                maze, x + 1, y, sol)
+            == true)
+            return true;
+ 
+        /* If moving in x direction
+        doesn't give solution then
+        Move down in y direction */
+        if (solveMazeUtil(
+                maze, x, y + 1, sol)
+            == true)
+            return true;
+       
+        /* If moving in y direction
+        doesn't give solution then
+        Move back in x direction */
+        if (solveMazeUtil(
+                maze, x - 1, y, sol)
+            == true)
+            return true;
+ 
+        /* If moving backwards in x direction
+        doesn't give solution then
+        Move upwards in y direction */
+        if (solveMazeUtil(
+                maze, x, y - 1, sol)
+            == true)
+            return true;
+ 
+        /* If none of the above movements
+        work then BACKTRACK: unmark
+        x, y as part of solution path */
+        sol[x][y] = 0;
+        return false;
+    }
+ 
+    return false;
+}
+ 
+// driver program to test above function
+int main()
+{
+    int maze[N][N] = { { 1, 0, 0, 0 },
+                    { 1, 1, 0, 1 },
+                    { 0, 1, 0, 0 },
+                    { 1, 1, 1, 1 } };
+ 
+    solveMaze(maze);
+    return 0;
+}
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