/**
* The Sudoku class povides a static main
* method allowing it to be called from the command line to print the
* solution to a specified Sudoku problem.
*
*
The following is an example of a Sudoku problem: * *
* ----------------------- * | 8 | 4 2 | 6 | * | 3 4 | | 9 1 | * | 9 6 | | 8 4 | * ----------------------- * | | 2 1 6 | | * | | | | * | | 3 5 7 | | * ----------------------- * | 8 4 | | 7 5 | * | 2 6 | | 1 3 | * | 9 | 7 1 | 4 | * ----------------------- ** * The goal is to fill in the missing numbers so that * every row, column and box contains each of the numbers *
1-9. Here is the solution to the
* problem above:
*
* * ----------------------- * | 1 8 7 | 4 9 2 | 5 6 3 | * | 5 3 4 | 6 7 8 | 9 1 2 | * | 9 6 2 | 1 3 5 | 7 8 4 | * ----------------------- * | 4 5 8 | 2 1 6 | 3 9 7 | * | 2 7 3 | 8 4 9 | 6 5 1 | * | 6 1 9 | 3 5 7 | 4 2 8 | * ----------------------- * | 8 4 1 | 9 6 3 | 2 7 5 | * | 7 2 6 | 5 8 4 | 1 3 9 | * | 3 9 5 | 7 2 1 | 8 4 6 | * ----------------------- ** * Note that the first row
187492563 contains
* each number exactly once, as does the first column
* 159426873, the upper-left box
* 187534962, and every other row, column
* and box.
*
* The {@link #main(String[])} method encodes a problem as an array * of strings, with one string encoding each constraint in the problem * in row-column-value format. Here is the problem again with * the indices indicated: * *
* 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 * ----------------------- * 0 | 8 | 4 2 | 6 | * 1 | 3 4 | | 9 1 | * 2 | 9 6 | | 8 4 | * ----------------------- * 3 | | 2 1 6 | | * 4 | | | | * 5 | | 3 5 7 | | * ----------------------- * 6 | 8 4 | | 7 5 | * 7 | 2 6 | | 1 3 | * 8 | 9 | 7 1 | 4 | * ----------------------- ** * The
8 in the upper left box of the puzzle is encoded
* as 018 (0 for the row, 1 for
* the column, and 8 for the value). The 4
* in the lower right box is encoded as 874.
*
* The full command-line invocation for the above puzzle is: * *
* % java -cp . Sudoku 018 034 052 076 \ * 113 124 169 171 \ * 209 216 278 284 \ * 332 341 356 \ * 533 545 557 \ * 608 614 677 685 \ * 712 726 761 773 \ * 819 837 851 874 \ ** *
See Wikipedia: * Sudoku for more information on Sudoku. * *
The algorithm employed is similar to the standard backtracking * eight * queens algorithm. * * @version 1.0 * @author Bob Carpenter */ public class Sudoku { /** * Print the specified Sudoku problem and its solution. The * problem is encoded as specified in the class documentation * above. * * @param args The command-line arguments encoding the problem. */ public static void main(String[] args) { int[][] matrix = parseProblem(args); writeMatrix(matrix); if (solve(0,0,matrix)) // solves in place writeMatrix(matrix); else System.out.println("NONE"); } static boolean solve(int i, int j, int[][] cells) { if (i == 9) { i = 0; if (++j == 9) return true; } if (cells[i][j] != 0) // skip filled cells return solve(i+1,j,cells); for (int val = 1; val <= 9; ++val) { if (legal(i,j,val,cells)) { cells[i][j] = val; if (solve(i+1,j,cells)) return true; } } cells[i][j] = 0; // reset on backtrack return false; } static boolean legal(int i, int j, int val, int[][] cells) { for (int k = 0; k < 9; ++k) // row if (val == cells[k][j]) return false; for (int k = 0; k < 9; ++k) // col if (val == cells[i][k]) return false; int boxRowOffset = (i / 3)*3; int boxColOffset = (j / 3)*3; for (int k = 0; k < 3; ++k) // box for (int m = 0; m < 3; ++m) if (val == cells[boxRowOffset+k][boxColOffset+m]) return false; return true; // no violations, so it's legal } static int[][] parseProblem(String[] args) { int[][] problem = new int[9][9]; // default 0 vals for (int n = 0; n < args.length; ++n) { int i = Integer.parseInt(args[n].substring(0,1)); int j = Integer.parseInt(args[n].substring(1,2)); int val = Integer.parseInt(args[n].substring(2,3)); problem[i][j] = val; } return problem; } static void writeMatrix(int[][] solution) { for (int i = 0; i < 9; ++i) { if (i % 3 == 0) System.out.println(" -----------------------"); for (int j = 0; j < 9; ++j) { if (j % 3 == 0) System.out.print("| "); System.out.print(solution[i][j] == 0 ? " " : Integer.toString(solution[i][j])); System.out.print(' '); } System.out.println("|"); } System.out.println(" -----------------------"); } }