function number_off_attacks = find_attacks(A)
% This function finds the number of attacks between 8 queens
% vectors a and b contain the positions of the queens

    [a b]=find(A);
    number_off_attacks = 0;
    for i=1:7
        p1=a(i);
        q1=b(i);
        for j=i+1:8
            p2=a(j);
            q2=b(j);
            if ((p1==p2) || (q1==q2) || (abs(p1-p2)==abs(q1-q2))) %  || (abs(p1-p2)==abs(q2-q1)))
               number_off_attacks=number_off_attacks+1;
            end
        end
    end
end