What algorithm will create a sudoku puzzle?
Question asked by: mrquestion
Asked on: 07 Jan 2010
To create a sudoku puzzle then you need a simple algorithm.
First of all you need to fill the grid.
To do this you basically pick the first cell and randomly place a number from 1 - 9, you keep on going for each cell placing a number from 1 - 9 and substituting it for another number if it conflicts with a number already in that row, column or box.
You keep doing this until either you fill the puzzle or run out of options for a cell in which case you backtrack to the previous cell that has options and try another option and so on. When you hit a solution you stop the process.
This is your filled grid and from there you can go through the process of creating an actual puzzle.
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Replied at: 07 Jan 2010
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