use std::collections::HashMap; use crate::position::{Position, WIDTH, HEIGHT}; const COLUMNS_ORDER: [u64; 7] = [3, 2, 4, 1, 5, 0, 6]; pub fn solve(p: Position) -> i32 { let mut cache = HashMap::with_capacity(30000); solve_rec(p, -100000, 100000, &mut cache) } fn solve_rec(p: Position, a: i32, b: i32, cache: &mut HashMap) -> i32 { if let Some(score) = cache.get(&p.key()) { return *score; } if p.is_draw() { return 0; } for x in 0..WIDTH { if p.is_valid_play(x) && p.is_winning_play(x) { return (((WIDTH * HEIGHT + 1) as i32) - (p.play_count as i32)) / 2; } } let mut alpha = a; let mut beta = b; let max = (((WIDTH * HEIGHT + 1) as i32) - (p.play_count as i32)) / 2; if beta > max { beta = max; if alpha >= beta { return beta; } } for x_unordered in 0..(WIDTH as usize) { let x = COLUMNS_ORDER[x_unordered]; if !p.is_valid_play(x) { continue } let score = -solve_rec(p.play(x), -beta, -alpha, cache); if score >= beta { return score; } if score > alpha { alpha = score; } } cache.insert(p.key(), alpha); return alpha; }