Solving Sudoku Puzzles from the Newspaper
Posted by: Stephen Toub,
on 06 Apr 2006 |
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A few people have asked me if it's possible to use Microsoft Sudoku to solve puzzles other than the ones it creates, such as the ones in daily newspapers. Yes, it is! (However, a few lines of code are required to enable this feature.)
The code you can download from MSDN for Sudoku has a cheat built into it that lets you solve the current puzzle (if it's solvable with at least one solution). So all you need to do is modify the game to clear the board so that you can enter...