Determine if a Sudoku is valid, according to: Sudoku Puzzles - The Rules.
The Sudoku board could be partially filled, where empty cells are filled with the character '.'
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A partially filled sudoku which is valid.
Note:
A valid Sudoku board (partially filled) is not necessarily solvable. Only the filled cells need to be validated.
注意这里只是判断数独状态是否为合法的,而不需要判断是否已经求解完毕。
根据数独的定义,我们需要做3步:1.检查每一行有没有重复的数;2.检查每一个列有没有重复的数;3.检查每一个内部小格有没有重复的数。
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代码:
public class ValidSudoku {
public boolean isValidSudoku(char[][] board) {
int len = board.length;
//check each row
Set<Character> store = new HashSet<>();
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < len; j++) {
if (board[i][j] != '.' && !store.add(board[i][j])) {
return false;
}
}
store.clear();
}
// check each column
for (int j = 0; j < len; j++) {
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
if (board[i][j] != '.' && !store.add(board[i][j])) {
return false;
}
}
store.clear();
}
// check inner box
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
int beginX = i * 3;
int beginY = j * 3;
for (int m = 0; m < 3; m++) {
for (int n = 0; n < 3; n++) {
char c = board[m + beginX][n + beginY];
if (c != '.' && !store.add(c)) {
return false;
}
}
}
store.clear();
}
}
return true;
}
}