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;
}