Thanks Pat.
I'll expand for those who might wonder what the differences are:
Using simple cases and all vertical examples and considering the eliminations for the "head" only there are several distinct examples of "grouped x-wing", Havard's preferred choice of naming for this set of patterns.
I prefer to keep to the "proper" names, and use them (as does Ruud's sudoku cue). In a dog show all entrants are "dogs" but it is usefull to distinguish the breeds when comparing them.
Here "#" will denote a member cell of the pattern and "~" denotes a cell that cannot be the same value as the pattern. "*" denotes a cell that must have the candidate value of the pattern made unavailable. (As I said, I am only showing eliminations caused by the "head", because when a single tower holds the pattern the "feet" become involved in eliminations in all of these patterns.) (A tower is 3 stacked boxes, the patterns shown here use 2 of the 3 towers.)
- Code: Select all
This is an x-wing. It has exactly 4 cells and can cause 7 eliminations.
+-----------------------------------+
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| * * # | * * # | * * * |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . # | . . # | . . . |
+-----------------------------------+
This is one of the two finned x-wings. This time there are 6 cells in the pattern and just 2 possible eliminations.
+-----------------------------------+
| . . # | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . # | . . ~ | . . . |
| * * # | . . # | . . . |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . # | . . # | . . . |
+-----------------------------------+
The other basic finned x-wing, 5 cells and 2 elimination cells.
+-----------------------------------+
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . # | . . ~ | . . . |
| * * # | . . # | . . . |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . # | . . # | . . . |
+-----------------------------------+
The basic sashimi x-wing. 4 cells in the pattern, 4 cells for possible eliminations.
+-----------------------------------+
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . # | * * ~ | . . . |
| * * ~ | . . # | . . . |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . # | . . # | . . . |
+-----------------------------------+
The finned sashimi, exactly 5 cells to the pattern, 2 cells can have eliminations.
+-----------------------------------+
| . . # | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . # | . . ~ | . . . |
| * * ~ | . . # | . . . |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . ~ | . . ~ | . . . |
| . . # | . . # | . . . |
+-----------------------------------+
X-wing, finned x-wing, sashimi x-wing, and finned-sashimi x-wing are all distinct. When they are appropriately named information is added.