om peg C to peg A. Move disk 2 from peg C to peg B. Move disk 1 from peg A to peg B. Move disk 4 from peg A to peg C. Move disk 1 from peg B to peg C. Move disk 2 from peg B to peg A. Move disk 1 from peg C to peg A. Move disk 3 from peg B to peg C. Move disk 1 from peg A to peg B

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Program to Implement Tower of Hanoi

  1. Create function hanoi that takes the number of disks n and the names of the source, auxiliary and target pegs as arguments.
  2. The base case is when the number of disks is 1, in which case simply move the one disk from source to target and return.
  3. Move n – 1 disks from source peg to auxiliary peg using the target peg as the auxiliary.
  4. Move the one remaining disk on the source to the target.
  5. Move the n – 1 disks on the auxiliary peg to the target peg using the source peg as the auxiliary.

 

Case 1:
Enter number of disks: 4
Move disk 1 from peg A to peg B.
Move disk 2 from peg A to peg C.
Move disk 1 from peg B to peg C.
Move disk 3 from peg A to peg B.
Move disk 1 from peg C to peg A.
Move disk 2 from peg C to peg B.
Move disk 1 from peg A to peg B.
Move disk 4 from peg A to peg C.
Move disk 1 from peg B to peg C.
Move disk 2 from peg B to peg A.
Move disk 1 from peg C to peg A.
Move disk 3 from peg B to peg C.
Move disk 1 from peg A to peg B.
Move disk 2 from peg A to peg C.
Move disk 1 from peg B to peg C.

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