Determine if a 9×9 Sudoku board is valid. Only the filled cells need to be validated according to the following rules:
- Each row must contain the digits
1-9without repetition. - Each column must contain the digits
1-9without repetition. - Each of the 9
3x3sub-boxes of the grid must contain the digits1-9without repetition.
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A partially filled sudoku which is valid.
The Sudoku board could be partially filled, where empty cells are filled with the character '.'.
Example 1:
Input: [ ["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:
[
["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.
Solution 1:
class Solution {
public boolean isValidSudoku(char[][] board) {
Set<String> seen = new HashSet<String>();
for(int i=0;i<9;i++){
for(int j=0;j<9;j++){
char current_val = board[i][j];
if(board[i][j]!='.'){
if( !seen.add(current_val+"seen in row "+i) || !seen.add(current_val+"seen in colun "+j) || !seen.add(current_val+"seen in block "+i/3+"-"+j/3)) return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}
}