08-22-2005, 09:25 AM
I got interested when this puzzle was integrated into a certain game I play(Don't ask, it's addictive then after 2 yrs boring as hell)
Su doku/sudoku is a (Japanese?) numbers game. In the version I played 1 through 9 represent magical runes.
There is a 81x81 2D box. When the puzzle is complete, it must be filled with numbers, 1-9. Each number cannot repeat in 3 different circumstances:
In the same 3x3 grid. There are 9 non-overlapping grids in the box.
In the same column.
In the same row.
The solver should take a set of numbers from a file as input and output a set of numbers to another file, with the option to print results and progress something like this: (0s represent initial blank spaces)
I have a working version of a puzzle solver that I made that I can upload after the first few posts or in a few days.
The puzzle description can be found all over the net. Furthermore, some newspapers (especially British), have these in their puzzle pages.
Edit:
Yetifoot gets the "prize" for this challenge: a lifetime supply of free qbasicnews posts and recognition on this first thread!
Su doku/sudoku is a (Japanese?) numbers game. In the version I played 1 through 9 represent magical runes.
There is a 81x81 2D box. When the puzzle is complete, it must be filled with numbers, 1-9. Each number cannot repeat in 3 different circumstances:
In the same 3x3 grid. There are 9 non-overlapping grids in the box.
In the same column.
In the same row.
The solver should take a set of numbers from a file as input and output a set of numbers to another file, with the option to print results and progress something like this: (0s represent initial blank spaces)
Code:
(input shown)
124000563
050050000
007000090
013800600
000647012
200000357
789000001
000005200
000310000
I have a working version of a puzzle solver that I made that I can upload after the first few posts or in a few days.
The puzzle description can be found all over the net. Furthermore, some newspapers (especially British), have these in their puzzle pages.
Edit:
Yetifoot gets the "prize" for this challenge: a lifetime supply of free qbasicnews posts and recognition on this first thread!