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| 1 | +# Sudoku Solver |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +###### Helpful Resources: |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +[Sudoku Solver Geeks For Geeks](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/sudoku-backtracking-7/) |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +[Understanding Sudo solves in CPP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIOupNAafT0) |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +[Introduction to Backtracking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKCbsiDBN6c) |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +###### Solution Approach |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +Firstly we implement a basic sudoku solver with five important points: |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +1)We first have to find the empty positions for that we have the findEmptyLocation function |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +2) To solve a sudoku we have to place a number at an empty position denoted by '.' in this question |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +3) We use the isSafe function to determine whether it is valid to place a particular number here |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +4) If empty location found, we iterate from 1 to 9 and try to place that number in that empty position, checking whether it is safe to place the value in each iteration |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +5) If the empty positions are such that we can't just place 1 to 9, then we can conclude that the Sudoku is not solvable and the empty positions remain as 0 denoting that it cannot be filled |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +To summarise, |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +In each iteration, we find an empty location. At the empty location, we place a value absent from the same row, box and column, and check if the current state of board can be solved. If it cannot be solved, we output so. |
| 28 | +Otherwise we place the appropriate value and finally print the final state of the sudoku matrix. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +Note: This is a classic backtracking problem, it does not require dynamic programming approach, it cannot be solved simply by a naive brute force solution. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +## Solution in C++ |
| 35 | +```cpp |
| 36 | +#include<bits/stdc++.h> |
| 37 | +using namespace std; |
| 38 | +#define N 9 |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +int grid[N][N]; |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +bool isSafeInRow(int& row,int value){ |
| 43 | + for(int i=0;i<N;i++){ |
| 44 | + if(grid[row][i]==value){ |
| 45 | + return false; |
| 46 | + } |
| 47 | + } |
| 48 | + return true; |
| 49 | +} |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +bool isSafeInCol(int& col,int value){ |
| 52 | + for(int i=0;i<N;i++){ |
| 53 | + if(grid[i][col]==value){ |
| 54 | + return false; |
| 55 | + } |
| 56 | + } |
| 57 | + return true; |
| 58 | +} |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +bool isSafeBox(int& row,int& col, int value){ |
| 61 | + int rowFactor=row-row%3; |
| 62 | + int colFactor=col-col%3; |
| 63 | + for(int i=0;i<3;i++){ |
| 64 | + for(int j=0;j<3;j++){ |
| 65 | + if(grid[i+rowFactor][j+colFactor]==value){ |
| 66 | + return false; |
| 67 | + } |
| 68 | + } |
| 69 | + } |
| 70 | + return true; |
| 71 | +} |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +bool isSafe(int& row,int& col,int value){ |
| 74 | + if(isSafeInRow(row,value) && isSafeInCol(col,value) && isSafeBox(row,col,value)){ |
| 75 | + return true; |
| 76 | + } |
| 77 | + return false; |
| 78 | +} |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +bool findEmptyLocation(int& x,int& y){ |
| 81 | + int Min=10,cnt=0; |
| 82 | + for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) |
| 83 | + { |
| 84 | + for (int j = 0; j < N; j++) |
| 85 | + { |
| 86 | + if(grid[i][j]==0){ |
| 87 | + int cnt=0; |
| 88 | + for(int k=1;k<=9;k++) |
| 89 | + { |
| 90 | + if (isSafe(i,j,k)) |
| 91 | + cnt++; |
| 92 | + } |
| 93 | + if(cnt<Min) |
| 94 | + { |
| 95 | + Min=cnt; |
| 96 | + x=i; |
| 97 | + y=j; |
| 98 | + } |
| 99 | + } |
| 100 | + } |
| 101 | + } |
| 102 | + if(Min<10) |
| 103 | + return true; |
| 104 | + return false; |
| 105 | +} |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +bool solveSudoku(){ |
| 110 | + int row,col; |
| 111 | + if(!findEmptyLocation(row,col)){ |
| 112 | + return true; |
| 113 | + } |
| 114 | + for(int i=1;i<=9;i++){ |
| 115 | + if(isSafe(row,col,i)){ |
| 116 | + grid[row][col]=i; |
| 117 | + if(solveSudoku()){ |
| 118 | + return true; |
| 119 | + } |
| 120 | + grid[row][col]=0; |
| 121 | + } |
| 122 | + } |
| 123 | + return false; |
| 124 | +} |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +void solve(){ |
| 127 | + string inp[N]; |
| 128 | + string s; |
| 129 | + getline(cin,s); |
| 130 | + for(int i=0;i<N;i++){ |
| 131 | + getline(cin,inp[i]); |
| 132 | + } |
| 133 | + for(int i=0;i<N;i++){ |
| 134 | + for(int j=0;j<N;j++){ |
| 135 | + if(inp[i][j]=='.'){ |
| 136 | + grid[i][j]=0; |
| 137 | + } |
| 138 | + else grid[i][j]=inp[i][j]-'0'; |
| 139 | + } |
| 140 | + } |
| 141 | + solveSudoku(); |
| 142 | + for(int i=0;i<N;i++){ |
| 143 | + for(int j=0;j<N;j++){ |
| 144 | + cout<<grid[i][j]; |
| 145 | + } |
| 146 | + cout<<endl; |
| 147 | + } |
| 148 | +} |
| 149 | + |
| 150 | + |
| 151 | + |
| 152 | +int main(void){ |
| 153 | + int t; |
| 154 | + cin>>t; |
| 155 | + cin.ignore(); |
| 156 | + for(int i=1;i<=t;i++){ |
| 157 | + cout<<"Case "<<i<<": "<<endl; |
| 158 | + solve(); |
| 159 | + } |
| 160 | + return 0; |
| 161 | +} |
| 162 | + |
| 163 | +``` |
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