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Chapter 5, Problem 5.37E
Program Plan Intro
- Include the header files and initialize the main() function.
- Declare the function prototype to use the tower of Hanoi
algorithm . - The function towerOfHanoi(int ) is called which accepts only one argument and that is number of disks.
- It prints the result for moving the disk from which peg to which peg.
- Finally prints the result.
Summary Introduction- The program shows how the disks are moved from source peg to destination peg maintaining the criteria of placing the smaller disk on larger disk.
Program Description- The purpose of the program is to implement the tower of Hanoi algorithm in a non-recursive fashion using the voidtowerOfHanoi( int ) function.
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