1. Sudoku solver / generator
- Posted by Ricardo M. Forno <rmforno at tutopia.com> Apr 05, 2006
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Hi all: Today I sent to EU the version 0.0 of a very fast generalized Sudoku solver, that not only solves the standard Sudoku problems but also admits different rules including n-dimensional problems. I named it GSUDOKU. Please test it and report any errors.
2. Re: Sudoku solver / generator
- Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de> Apr 05, 2006
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Ricardo M. Forno wrote: > Today I sent to EU the version 0.0 of a very fast generalized Sudoku solver, > that not only solves the standard Sudoku problems but also admits different > rules including n-dimensional problems. I named it GSUDOKU. > Please test it and report any errors. Interesting program, especially the possibility to modify the rules! I did not find an error, but I'd like to suggest to simpify the data input. I think a program such as "given.ex" is not necessary. It would be more intuitive if the user would write the data directly in the file "given", and the format IMHO should be the same as the output format, which is also the same format in which the Sudoku puzzle is probably presented to the user. E.g. 0 or . can be used for empty fields. Regards, Juergen
3. Re: Sudoku solver / generator
- Posted by Ricardo M. Forno <rmforno at tutopia.com> Apr 06, 2006
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Juergen Luethje wrote: > > Ricardo M. Forno wrote: > > > Today I sent to EU the version 0.0 of a very fast generalized Sudoku solver, > > that not only solves the standard Sudoku problems but also admits different > > rules including n-dimensional problems. I named it GSUDOKU. > > Please test it and report any errors. > > Interesting program, especially the possibility to modify the rules! > I did not find an error, but I'd like to suggest to simpify the data > input. I think a program such as "given.ex" is not necessary. It would > be more intuitive if the user would write the data directly in the file > "given", and the format IMHO should be the same as the output format, > which is also the same format in which the Sudoku puzzle is probably > presented to the user. E.g. 0 or . can be used for empty fields. > > Regards, > Juergen Thanks for your suggestion. I think that, instead of modifying solver.ex, it would be better to write a new given1.ex program that gets the input in the format you suggest and writes it out in the format solver.ex uses. I will add this program in the next version, but before I will wait until more feedback comes. Also, somebody in the list might want to port the algorithm to a visual environment. At the present time, I have no time for this. Writing this program was only a relaxing interlude between activities that raise funds... Regards.