CODE 97: 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.

	public boolean isValidSudoku(char[][] board) {
		// IMPORTANT: Please reset any member data you declared, as
		// the same Solution instance will be reused for each test case.
		for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
			for (int j = 0; j < 9; j++) {
				if (board[i][j] != '.') {
					if (!check(board, i, j)) {
						return false;
					}
				}
			}
		}
		return true;
	}

	boolean check(char[][] board, int x, int y) {
		for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
			if (i != y && board[x][i] == board[x][y]) {
				return false;
			}
		}
		for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
			if (i != x && board[i][y] == board[x][y]) {
				return false;
			}
		}
		for (int i = 3 * (x / 3); i < 3 * (x / 3 + 1); i++) {
			for (int j = 3 * (y / 3); j < 3 * (y / 3 + 1); j++) {
				if (i != x && j != y && board[i][j] == board[x][y]) {
					return false;
				}
			}
		}
		return true;
	}