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Valid Sudoku

Tags : leetcode, array, hash, cpp, medium

Problem Statement - link #

Determine if a 9 x 9 Sudoku board is valid. Only the filled cells need to be validated according to the following rules:

  1. Each row must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.
  2. Each column must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.
  3. Each of the nine 3 x 3 sub-boxes of the grid must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.

Note:

Examples #

Example 1:

Input: board = 
[["5","3",".",".","7",".",".",".","."]
,["6",".",".","1","9","5",".",".","."]
,[".","9","8",".",".",".",".","6","."]
,["8",".",".",".","6",".",".",".","3"]
,["4",".",".","8",".","3",".",".","1"]
,["7",".",".",".","2",".",".",".","6"]
,[".","6",".",".",".",".","2","8","."]
,[".",".",".","4","1","9",".",".","5"]
,[".",".",".",".","8",".",".","7","9"]]
Output: true

Example 2:

Input: board = 
[["8","3",".",".","7",".",".",".","."]
,["6",".",".","1","9","5",".",".","."]
,[".","9","8",".",".",".",".","6","."]
,["8",".",".",".","6",".",".",".","3"]
,["4",".",".","8",".","3",".",".","1"]
,["7",".",".",".","2",".",".",".","6"]
,[".","6",".",".",".",".","2","8","."]
,[".",".",".","4","1","9",".",".","5"]
,[".",".",".",".","8",".",".","7","9"]]
Output: false
Explanation: Same as Example 1, except with the 5 in the top left corner being modified to 8. Since there are two 8's in the top left 3x3 sub-box, it is invalid.

Constraints #

Solutions #

class Solution {
public:
    bool isSafe(vector<vector<char>>& board,int i,int j,char c){
        for(int k=0;k<9;k++){
            if(board[i][k]==c) return false;
            if(board[k][j]==c) return false;
            if(board[3*(i/3)+k/3][3*(j/3)+k%3]==c) return false;
        }
        return true;
    }
    bool isValidSudoku(vector<vector<char>>& board) {
        for(int i=0;i<9;i++){
            for(int j=0;j<9;j++){
                if(board[i][j]=='.') continue;
                char c = board[i][j];
                board[i][j] = '.';
                if(!isSafe(board,i,j,c))
                    return false;
                board[i][j] = c;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
};