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.
class Solution {
public:
bool isValidSudoku(vector<vector<char> > &board) {
for(int ii = 0; ii < 9; ii ++) {
for(int jj = 0; jj < 9; jj ++) {
if(board[ii][jj] == '.') continue;
map<char, int> mci;
int starti = ii / 3;
starti *= 3;
int startj = jj / 3;
startj *= 3;
for(int si = 0; si < 3; si ++) {
for(int sj = 0; sj < 3; sj ++) {
if(board[starti + si][startj + sj] == '.') continue;
mci[board[starti + si][startj + sj]] += 1;
if(mci[board[starti + si][startj + sj]] > 1)
return false;
}
}
//check same ii
mci.clear();
for(int kk = 0; kk < 9; kk ++) {
if(board[ii][kk] == '.') continue;
if(mci[board[ii][kk]] >= 1)
return false;
mci[board[ii][kk]] += 1;
}
//check same jj
mci.clear();
for(int kk = 0; kk < 9; kk ++) {
if(board[kk][jj] == '.') continue;
if(mci[board[kk][jj]] >= 1)
return false;
mci[board[kk][jj]] += 1;
}
}
}
return true;
}
};