Sodoku classical backtracking
backtracking the same as 8 queens and prime number circle
//pass
#include
#include
using namespace std;
#define N 9
int grid[N][N] = {{3, 0, 6, 5, 0, 8, 4, 0, 0},
{5, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{0, 8, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 1},
{0, 0, 3, 0, 1, 0, 0, 8, 0},
{9, 0, 0, 8, 6, 3, 0, 0, 5},
{0, 5, 0, 0, 9, 0, 6, 0, 0},
{1, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 5, 0},
{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 4},
{0, 0, 5, 2, 0, 6, 3, 0, 0}};
/* Returns whether any assigned entry n the specified row matches
the given number. */
bool UsedInRow(int grid[N][N], int row, int num)
{
for (int col = 0; col < N; col++)
if (grid[row][col] == num)
return true;
return false;
}
/* Returns whether any assigned entry in the specified column matches
the given number. */
bool UsedInCol(int grid[N][N], int col, int num)
{
for (int row = 0; row < N; row++)
if (grid[row][col] == num)
return true;
return false;
}
/* Returns whether any assigned entry within the specified 3x3 box matches
the given number. */
bool UsedInBox(int grid[N][N], int boxStartRow, int boxStartCol, int num)
{
for (int row = 0; row < 3; row++)
for (int col = 0; col < 3; col++)
if (grid[row+boxStartRow][col+boxStartCol] == num)
return true;
return false;
}
/* Returns whether it will be legal to assign num to the given row,col location.
*/
bool isSafe(int row, int col, int num)
{
return !UsedInRow(grid, row, num) && !UsedInCol(grid, col, num) &&
!UsedInBox(grid, row - row % 3 , col - col % 3, num);
}
bool SodokuSolver(int seq){
//int seq=row*9+col;
int row=seq/9;
int col=seq%9;
while(grid[row][col]!=0&&row<=8&&col<=8){
//move to next position
seq++;
row=seq/9;
col=seq%9;
}
//if row=9,col=0,it means we have finish its
if(seq==81) return true;//Indicate that we have finish all the 81 blocks
else{
//grid[row][col]==0,So we should try every number from 1-9 and check
for(int num=1;num<10;num++){
if(isSafe(row,col,num)){//if it is safe and not only it is safe it will finish the whole bolck. if it can not fisnish the whole block ,it must roll back
//move to next position
grid[row][col]=num;
if(SodokuSolver(seq+1)) return true;
row=seq/9;
col=seq%9;
grid[row][col]=0;
}
}
return false;
}
}
void printGrid(int grid[N][N])
{
for (int row = 0; row < N; row++)
{
for (int col = 0; col < N; col++)
cout<