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) {
bool used[9];
for (int i = 0; i < 9; ++i) {
fill(used, used + 9, false);
for (int j = 0; j < 9; ++j) // check for row
if (!check(board[i][j], used))
return false;
fill(used, used + 9, false);
for (int j = 0; j < 9; ++j) // check for column�
if (!check(board[j][i], used))
return false;
}
for (int r = 0; r < 3; ++r) // check for 3x3 grid�
for (int c = 0; c < 3; ++c) {
fill(used, used + 9, false);
for (int i = r * 3; i < r * 3 + 3; ++i)
for (int j = c * 3; j < c * 3 + 3; ++j)
if (!check(board[i][j], used))
return false;
}
return true;
}
bool check(char ch, bool used[9]) {
if (ch == '.') return true;
if (used[ch - '1']) return false;
used[ch - '1'] = true;
return true;
}
};