Sudoku solver

[Abhiram R]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 8:56 PM, Abhiram R <abhi.darkness at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 26, 2015 5:39 AM, "Ian Kelly" <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>
>>> "Hard" for a human doesn't necessarily mean "hard" for a programmatic
>>> solver in this case. Try your solver on this one:
>>>
>>> $ cat sudoku2.dat
>>> . . . 7 . . . . .
>>> 1 . . . . . . . .
>>> . . . 4 3 . 2 . .
>>> . . . . . . . . 6
>>> . . . 5 . 9 . . .
>>> . . . . . . 4 1 8
>>> . . . . 8 1 . . .
>>> . . 2 . . . . 5 .
>>> . 4 . . . . 3 . .
>>>
>>> I tried the first puzzle you posted, and it took about a second. I
>>> then started running it on this one before I started typing up this
>>> post, and it hasn't finished yet.
>>
>> Sooooo... Is it done yet? And if yes, how long did it take?
>
> I don't know, I killed it at about 16 minutes.
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:( Too bad. I'll give it a go myself. And then try implementing my own
solution. Have a lot of time on my hands today :D

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-Abhiram R