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.
java code :
public class Solution {
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.
HashSet<Character> hash = new HashSet<Character>();
if(board == null)
return true;
for(int i = 0; i < board.length; i++)
{
hash.clear();
for(int j = 0; j < board[0].length; j++)
{
if(board[i][j] == '.')
continue;
if(!(board[i][j] >= '1' && board[i][j] <= '9'))
return false;
if(hash.isEmpty() || !hash.contains(board[i][j]))
hash.add(board[i][j]);
else return false;
}
}
hash.clear();
for(int i = 0; i < board[0].length; i++)
{
hash.clear();
for(int j = 0; j < board.length; j++)
{
if(board[j][i] == '.')
continue;
if(!(board[j][i] >= '1' && board[j][i] <= '9'))
return false;
if(hash.isEmpty() || !hash.contains(board[j][i]))
hash.add(board[j][i]);
else return false;
}
}
hash.clear();
for(int i = 0; i < 9; i += 3)
{
for(int j = 0; j < 9; j += 3)
{
hash.clear();
for(int row = 0; row < 3; row++)
{
for(int col = 0; col < 3; col++)
{
if(board[i+row][j+col] == '.')
continue;
if(!(board[i+row][j+col] >= '1' && board[i+row][j+col] <= '9'))
return false;
if(hash.isEmpty() || !hash.contains(board[i+row][j+col]))
hash.add(board[i+row][j+col]);
else return false;
}
}
}
}
hash = null;
return true;
}
}