Sudoku.frink

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// Sudoku solver class.
// The board is a 9x9 array, each element of which is a set which contains
// the possible values for that cell.  The values in each cell are expected
// to be the integers 1 through 9.
//
class Sudoku
{
   var board;

   // Constructor;  creates a board with no items yet set.
   new[] :=
   {
      board = new array[8]
      for row = 0 to 8
      {
         thisrow = board@row = new array[]
         for col = 0 to 8
         {
            thisset = thisrow@col = new set
            for n = 1 to 9
               thisset.put[n]
         }
      }
   }

   // Create a new board from a 2-dimensional array of values, like the
   // following:
   //
   // c=["----19-4-",
   //    "--48--6--",
   //    "75------2",
   //    "-9-1-2--4",
   //    "-----3---",
   //    "5--4-6-3-",
   //    "8------73",
   //    "--6--84--",
   //    "-1-29----"]
   // b = Sudoku.createFromArray[c]
   // b.solve[]
   // b.dump[]
   //
   // Any character other than [1-9] can be used for the "placeholder"
   // character.
   // Note that this will automatically begin to simplify the 
   class createFromArray[array] :=
   {
      b = new Sudoku
      for row=0 to 8
      {
         r = array@row
         for col=0 to 8
         {
            c = substrLen[r, col, 1]
            if c >= "1" and c <= "9"
               b.setNoCheck[row, col, parseInt[c]]
         }
      }
      return b
   }

   // Prints a representation of the current state of the solution.
   dump[] :=
   {
      for row = 0 to 8
      {
         for col = 0 to 8
         {
            dumpCell[board@row@col]
            if col != 8
               print["|"]
         }
         println[]
      }
      println[]
   }

   dumpCell[cell] :=
   {
      for n = 1 to 9
         if cell.contains[n]
            print[n]
         else
            print[" "]
   }

   // Internal set method
   setNoCheck[row, col, value] :=
   {
      x = new set
      x.put[value]
      board@row@col = x

      // Remove all instances of that value from all columns in that row.
      for c = 0 to 8
         if c != col
         {
            len = length[board@row@c]
            if len > 1
            {
               board@row@c.remove[value]
               // If it's the last remaining value, eliminate it.
               if length[board@row@c] == 1
               {
                  for val = board@row@c
                     setNoCheck[row, c, val]
               }
            }
         }

      // Remove all instances of that value from all rows in that column.
      for r = 0 to 8
         if r != row
         {
            len = length[board@r@col]
            if len > 1
            {
               board@r@col.remove[value]
               // If it's the last remaining value, eliminate it.
               if length[board@r@col] == 1
                  for val = board@r@col
                     setNoCheck[r, col, val]
            }
         }

      // Remove all instances of that value from all boxes in that square.
      rowstart = (row div 3) * 3
      colstart = (col div 3) * 3
      for r = rowstart to rowstart + 2
         for c = colstart to colstart + 2
            if !(r==row and c==col)
            {
               len = length[board@r@c]
               if len > 1
               {
                  board@r@c.remove[value]
                  // If it's the last remaining value, eliminate it.
                  if length[board@r@c] == 1
                  {
                     for val = board@r@c
                        setNoCheck[r, c, val]
                  }
               }
            }
            
    }


    // Solve the board.
    solve[verbose=false] :=
    {
       do
       {
          dump[]
          changed = findSingletons[verbose]
       } while (changed)
    }

    
    // Find and remove the singletons.
    // See http://www.eddaardvark.co.uk/sudokusolver.html#Singletons
    findSingletons[verbose] :=
    {
       if (verbose)
          println["Starting findSingletons"]
       changed = false
       count = new array

       // Remove in rows
       for r = 0 to 8
       {
          for c = 0 to 8
             count@c = 0

          row = board@r
          
          // Remove all instances of that value from all columns in that row.
          for c = 0 to 8
          {
             cell = row@c
             if length[cell] > 1 // Exclude already-found values
                for v = cell
                   count@(v-1) = count@(v-1) + 1
          }

          for n = 0 to 8
             if count@n == 1
             {
                println["Singleton found, row=$r, value=" + (n+1)]
                // Find that value
                COL1:
                for c = 0 to 8
                   if (board@r@c).contains[n+1] and length[board@r@c] > 1
                   {
                      if verbose
                         println["Found singleton at [$r, $c], changed to " + n+1]
                      setNoCheck[r,c,n+1]
                      dump[]
                      changed = true
                      break COL1 
                   }
             }
       }

       // Remove in cols
       for c = 0 to 8
       {
          for r = 0 to 8
             count@r = 0
       
          // Remove all instances of that value from all columns in that row.
          for r = 0 to 8
          {
             cell = board@r@c
             if length[cell] > 1 // Exclude already-found values
                for v = cell
                   count@(v-1) = count@(v-1) + 1
          }

          for n = 0 to 8
             if count@n == 1
             {
                println["Singleton found, col=$c, value=" + (n+1)]
                // Find that value
                ROW1:
                for r = 0 to 8
                   if (board@r@c).contains[n+1] and length[board@r@c] > 1
                   {
                      if verbose
                         println["Found singleton at [$r, $c], changed to " + n+1]
                      setNoCheck[r,c,n+1]
                      dump[]
                      changed = true
                      break ROW1
                   }
             }
       }

       // Remove in block
       for rowblock = 0 to 2
          for colblock = 0 to 2
          {
             rowstart = rowblock * 3
             colstart = colblock * 3
             for r = 0 to 8
                count@r = 0

             // Remove all instances of that value from all cells in that
             // block
             for c = colstart to colstart+2
             {
                for r = rowstart to rowstart+2
                {
                   cell = board@r@c
                   if length[cell] > 1 // Exclude already-found values
                      for v = cell
                         count@(v-1) = count@(v-1) + 1
                }
             }

             for n = 0 to 8
                if count@n == 1
             {
                println["Singleton found, block=[$rowblock, $colblock] value=" + (n+1)]
                // Find that value
                BLOCK1:
                for c = colstart to colstart+2
                {
                   for r = rowstart to rowstart+2
                   if (board@r@c).contains[n+1] and length[board@r@c] > 1
                   {
                      if verbose
                         println["Found singleton at [$r, $c], changed to " + n+1]
                      setNoCheck[r,c,n+1]
                      dump[]
                      changed = true
                      break BLOCK1
                   }
                }
             }
          }
       
       return changed
    }
}

a=["1-8--7462",
   "---1--8--",
   "9---2---1",
   "-----4---",
   "6-2-8-3-9",
   "---3-----",
   "8---5---6",
   "--6--2---",
   "5136--7-8"]

b = Sudoku.createFromArray[a]
b.dump[]
b.solve[verbose=true]
b.dump[]

c=["----19-4-",
   "--48--6--",
   "75------2",
   "-9-1-2--4",
   "-----3---",
   "5--4-6-3-",
   "8------73",
   "--6--84--",
   "-1-29----"]
b = Sudoku.createFromArray[c]
b.dump[]
b.solve[false]
b.dump[]


c=["8--91----",
   "3-76--9-1",
   "-9-------",
   "5---3-7-9",
   "-34-8-26-",
   "9-2-7---4",
   "-------5-",
   "1-3--24-7",
   "----91--3"]
b = Sudoku.createFromArray[c]
b.dump[]
b.solve[false]
b.dump[]

c=["-1-4-63-9",
   "----3-85-",
   "-------6-",
   "-6-5--7-2",
   "25-6-7-13",
   "4-7--2-9-",
   "-7-------",
   "-94-5----",
   "6-39-4-7-"]
b = Sudoku.createFromArray[c]
b.dump[]
b.solve[false]
b.dump[]


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