- In this method for solving the sudoku puzzle, first, we assign the size of the 2D matrix to a variable M (M*M).
- Then we assign the utility function (puzzle) to print the grid.
- Later it will assign num to the row and col.
- If we find the same num in the same row or same column or in the specific 3*3 matrix, ‘false’ will be returned.
- Then we will check if we have reached the 8th row and 9th column and return true for stopping further backtracking.
- Next, we will check if the column value becomes 9 then we move to the next row and column.
- Further now we see if the current position of the grid has a value greater than 0, then we iterate for the next column.
- After checking if it is a safe place, we move to the next column and then assign the num in the current (row, col) position of the grid. Later we check for the next possibility with the next column.
- As our assumption was wrong, we discard the assigned num and then we go for the next assumption with a different num value
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def print_grid(grid):
for i in range(9):
for j in range(9):
print(grid[i][j], end=" ")
print()
def find_empty_location(grid, l):
for row in range(9):
for col in range(9):
if grid[row][col] == 0:
l[0] = row
l[1] = col
return True
return False
def used_in_row(grid, row, num):
for i in range(9):
if grid[row][i] == num:
return True
return False
def used_in_col(grid, col, num):
for i in range(9):
if grid[i][col] == num:
return True
return False
def used_in_box(grid, row, col, num):
for i in range(3):
for j in range(3):
if grid[i + row][j + col] == num:
return True
return False
def is_safe_location(grid, row, col, num):
return not used_in_row(grid, row, num) and not used_in_col(grid, col, num) and not used_in_box(grid, row - row % 3, col - col % 3, num)
def solve_sudoku(grid):
l = [0, 0]
if not find_empty_location(grid, l):
return True
row = l[0]
col = l[1]
for num in range(1, 10):
if is_safe_location(grid, row, col, num):
grid[row][col] = num
if solve_sudoku(grid):
return True
grid[row][col] = 0
return False
# Example Sudoku grid (0 represents empty cells)
grid = [
[5, 3, 0, 0, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[6, 0, 0, 1, 9, 5, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 9, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 0],
[8, 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 0, 0, 3],
[4, 0, 0, 8, 0, 3, 0, 0, 1],
[7, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 6],
[0, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 8, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 4, 1, 9, 0, 0, 5],
[0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 7, 9]
]
if solve_sudoku(grid):
print("Sudoku solved successfully:")
print_grid(grid)
else:
print("No solution exists.")
Sudoku solved successfully:
5 3 4 6 7 8 9 1 2
6 7 2 1 9 5 3 4 8
1 9 8 3 4 2 5 6 7
8 5 9 7 6 1 4 2 3
4 2 6 8 5 3 7 9 1
7 1 3 9 2 4 8 5 6
9 6 1 5 3 7 2 8 4
2 8 7 4 1 9 6 3 5
3 4 5 2 8 6 1 7 9
The above code is executed and the suduko table is obtained successfully.