Sudoku Solver:
- Write a program to solve a Sudoku puzzle by filling the empty cells.
- Empty cells are indicated by the character '.'.
- You may assume that there will be only one unique solution.
- Answer :
...and its solution numbers marked in red.
C# Codes:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace Sudoku
{
class Suduku
{
/// <summary>
/// Keep all of values related every time after running the programme.
/// </summary>
private static string str;/// <summary>
/// Keep all of array's data
///
/// </summary>
private static string arrayStr;static void Main(string[] args)
{
string[] a = new string[9];
string[,] arr = new string[,] {
{"5","3",".",".","7",".",".",".","." },
{"6",".",".","1","9","5",".",".","." },
{".","9","8",".",".",".",".","6","." },
{"8",".",".",".","6",".",".",".","3" },
{"4",".",".","8",".","3",".",".","1" },
{"7",".",".",".","2",".",".",".","6" },
{".","6",".",".",".",".","2","8","." },
{".",".",".","4","1","9",".",".","5" },
{".",".",".",".","8",".",".","7","9" }
};// If key is true, "while" cyscle will continue to run. Otherwise, the process will jump out of cycle.
bool key = true;// This array keep results after running once 'while' cycle.
string[,] result = new string[8, 8];
result = arr;Console.WriteLine(" -------Sudoku Game Question--------");
result = arr;
for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < 9; j++)
{
Console.Write(" " + result[i, j]);
}
Console.Write("\n\n");
}
Console.Write(" Let's play this game!\n\n");// "while" cycle that it can deal with datas and replace '.';
while (key)
{
for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < 9; j++)
{
if (arr[i, j] == ".")
{
Array.Clear(a, 0, a.Length);// X stand for rows, Y stand for columns.
int X = i / 3;
int Y = j / 3;
for (int i1 = 0; i1 < 3; i1++)
{
for (int j1 = 0; j1 < 3; j1++)
{
a = isExist(a, arr[X * 3 + i1, Y * 3 + j1]);
}
}
// Check row's values existed
for (int m = 0; m < 9; m++)
{
a = isExist(a, arr[i, m]);
}
// Check column's values existed
for (int n = 0; n < 9; n++)
{
a = isExist(a, arr[n, j]);
}for (int k = 0; k < 9; k++)
{
if (a[k] != "")
{
str += a[k];
}
else
{
str += "";
}
}//Console.WriteLine("Verify this string:{0}", str);
if (str.Length != 8)
{
str = string.Empty;
continue;
}
else
{
if (!str.Contains("1"))
{
result[i, j] = "1";
}
if (!str.Contains("2"))
{
result[i, j] = "2";
}
if (!str.Contains("3"))
{
result[i, j] = "3";
}
if (!str.Contains("4"))
{
result[i, j] = "4";
}
if (!str.Contains("5"))
{
result[i, j] = "5";
}
if (!str.Contains("6"))
{
result[i, j] = "6";
}
if (!str.Contains("7"))
{
result[i, j] = "7";
}
if (!str.Contains("8"))
{
result[i, j] = "8";
}
if (!str.Contains("9"))
{
result[i, j] = "9";
}
}
}
else
{
continue;
}
}
}// Clean up this string
arrayStr = string.Empty;
for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < 9; j++)
{
arrayStr += result[i, j];
}
}// According to key value, whether the cycle continue to run.
if (arrayStr.Contains("."))
{
key = true;
}
else
{
key = false;
}
}// Print Sudoku Game Result
Console.WriteLine(" -------Sudoku Game Result--------");
result = arr;
for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < 9; j++)
{
Console.Write(" " + result[i, j]);
}
Console.Write("\n\n");
}
Console.ReadKey();
}/// <summary>
/// Create a new array to store row's or column's values.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="a1">store row's or column's values</param>
/// <param name="v">array arr's data</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static string[] isExist(string[] a, string v)
{
switch (v)
{
case "1": a[0] = v; break;
case "2": a[1] = v; break;
case "3": a[2] = v; break;
case "4": a[3] = v; break;
case "5": a[4] = v; break;
case "6": a[5] = v; break;
case "7": a[6] = v; break;
case "8": a[7] = v; break;
case "9": a[8] = v; break;
default: break;
}
return a;
}
}
}
Running results: