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.
class Solution {
public:
bool isValidSudoku(vector<vector<char> > &board) {
vector<vector<bool> >row(9,vector<bool>(9,false));
vector<vector<bool> >col(9,vector<bool>(9,false));
vector<vector<bool> >block(9,vector<bool>(9,false));
for(int i = 0;i < 9;i ++){
for(int j = 0;j < 9;j ++){
if(board[i][j] == '.') continue;
int num = board[i][j] - '1';
if(row[i][num] || col[j][num] || block[(i/3)*3 + j/3][num])
return false;
row[i][num] = col[j][num] = block[(i/3)*3 + j/3][num] = true;
}
}
return true;
}
};
Note:
A valid Sudoku board (partially filled) is not necessarily solvable. Only the filled cells need to be validated.