White Squares
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Given an 8x8 board marked with pieces and empty cells, count how many pieces sit on the white squares of the standard alternating coloring.
- Level
Easy2 of 10
- Topics
- Array, Implementation, Simulation
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Problem
An 8×8 chessboard is colored with alternating black and white squares. The top-left square, (0, 0), is white. Given the current board, find how many pieces are on white squares.
Input
Eight lines are given, one for each row of the board. . means an empty square, and F means a square with a piece on it.
Output
Print the number of pieces on white squares.