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.
判断当前数独是否合法~对每一行,每一列,还有每个九宫格进行验证,判断是否存在重复元素~注意判断九宫格时循环的写法~
class Solution:
# @param board, a 9x9 2D array
# @return a boolean
def isValidSudoku(self, board):
if board is None or len(board) != 9 or len(board[0]) != 9: return False
for row in board:
dup = []
for i in row:
if i != '.':
if i not in dup:
dup.append(i)
else:
return False
for j in xrange(9):
dup = []
for i in xrange(9):
if board[i][j] != '.':
if board[i][j] not in dup:
dup.append(board[i][j])
else:
return False
for k in xrange(9):
dup = []
for i in xrange(k/3*3, k/3*3 + 3):
for j in xrange(k%3*3, k%3*3 + 3):
if board[i][j] != '.':
if board[i][j] not in dup:
dup.append(board[i][j])
else:
return False
return True