36. Valid Sudoku*

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 '.'.

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.

Reference

class Solution(object):
    def isValidSudoku(self, board):
        """
        :type board: List[List[str]]
        :rtype: bool
        """
        used1 = [([0] * 9) for i in range(9)]
        used2 = [([0] * 9) for i in range(9)]
        used3 = [([0] * 9) for i in range(9)]
        
        for i in range(9):
            for j in range(9):
                if board[i][j]!='.':
                    num = int(board[i][j]) - 1
                    k = i / 3 * 3 + j / 3
                    if used1[i][num] or used2[j][num] or used3[k][num]:
                        return False
                    used1[i][num] = 1
                    used2[j][num] = 1
                    used3[k][num] = 1
        return True