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.
Note:
A valid Sudoku board (partially filled) is not necessarily solvable. Only the filled cells need to be validated.
public class Solution {
public boolean isValidSudoku(char[][] board) {
Map<Integer, Boolean> map = new HashMap<Integer, Boolean>();
// Validate each row
for (int i = 0; i < board.length; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < board[0].length; j++) {
if (board[i][j] != '.') {
int key = board[i][j] - '0';
if (map.get(key) == null) {
map.put(key, true);
} else {
return false;
}
}
}
map.clear();
}
// Validate each column
for (int j = 0; j < board[0].length; j++) {
for (int i = 0; i < board.length; i++) {
if (board[i][j] != '.') {
int key = board[i][j] - '0';
if (map.get(key) == null) {
map.put(key, true);
} else {
return false;
}
}
}
map.clear();
}
// Validate each square
for (int m = 0; m < 3; m++) {
for (int n = 0; n < 3; n++) {
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
if (board[3*m+i][3*n+j] != '.') {
int key = board[3*m+i][3*n+j] - '0';
if (map.get(key) == null) {
map.put(key, true);
} else {
return false;
}
}
}
}
map.clear();
}
}
return true;
}
}