The New Sudoku Players' Forum

[Luke]

How does one command Simple Sudoku to display a puzzle's solution? I've scoured the controls of ver 4.2u and can't find a way to do this.

(Personal note: this is my 100th post here! Do I get a cake? Another 100 and I might have an inkling as to what an nrczt chain is . Thanks to all for years of help and enjoyment.)

[Pat]

How does one command Simple Sudoku to display a puzzle's solution?

seems we must repeat F11 (and F12) until solved

[Luke]

That works on easy puzzles, but the kind we do around here soon yields a "no hint available."

[Glyn]

Luke451 Why not just use one of the other solvers for that purpose? Most have a brute force validity check even if they can't give a logical walkthrough.

[daj95376]

In the Programmers Forum, gsf posted the source code for a small C backtracking program. I don't remember the original output, but I made a few cosmetic changes to the program. My version of his program is 216 lines -- including sparse comments.

Code: Select all

6....2.5952..4..1...35..2..3..1945...1.658.3...5273..1..4..51...3..2..4575.4....8 # input
678312459529847316143569287386194572217658934495273861964785123831926745752431698 # output
__________________________________________________________________________________________


If there are zero or multiple solutions, then a comment field is appended after output.

[Luke]

Why not just use one of the other solvers for that purpose?

I do. Brute force solvers seem to be everywhere. With a tool as sophisticated as SS I didn't figure I'd have to open another program and re-input the grid just to do something so basic as checking the answer. I'm getting lazy in my old age...