Scripts/SudokuByHand
< Scripts
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Download this script: File:Sudokubyhand0.ijs
Roger Hui's sample grid and essay can be viewed at Essays/Sudoku.
The start of your J session might look like the following for Roger Hui's sample grid.
load 'sudokubyhand0.ijs' output =: tryHard grid +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ |+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+| ||t w o|1 | 3|||s i x|seven|1 ||| | 3| 3|| ||t w o| 5 | 5 |||s i x|seven|4 5 |||4 5 |4 | 5 || ||t w o| 8 9| 9|||s i x|seven| 8 ||| 9| 9| 9|| |+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+| || 3| |s i x||| 3| 3| |||t w o| 3|o n e|| || | 5 |s i x|||4 5 |4 |4 5 |||t w o|4 |o n e|| || 8 9|7 8 9|s i x||| 9| 8 9| 8 |||t w o|7 9|o n e|| |+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+| ||four |1 | 3|||1 2 3|1 2 3|1 2 |||eight| 3| 3|| ||four | 5 | 5 ||| 5 | | 5 |||eight| 6| 5 6|| ||four |7 9|7 9||| 9| 9| |||eight|7 9| 9|| |+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+| +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ |+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+| ||five |1 | |||1 2 |1 2 |nine |||three|1 2 | 2 || ||five |4 6|4 |||4 |4 6|nine |||three|4 6| 6|| ||five |7 8 |7 |||7 | |nine |||three| 8 | || |+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+| ||1 |three| |||1 2 |1 2 |1 2 |||1 |five | 2 || || 6|three|4 |||4 |4 6|4 6|||4 |five | 6|| || 8 9|three|7 9|||7 | |7 ||| 9|five | 9|| |+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+| ||1 |1 |t w o|||eight|1 3|1 |||1 |1 |seven|| || 6|4 6|t w o|||eight|4 6|4 5 6|||4 |4 6|seven|| || 9| 9|t w o|||eight| | ||| 9| 9|seven|| |+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+| +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ |+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+| || 3| 2 |o n e||| 2 | 2 | 2 ||| | 2 3|four || || 6| 5 6|o n e||| | 6| 6||| 5 | |four || || 9| 9|o n e|||7 9| 8 9|7 8 |||7 9|7 9|four || |+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+| ||seven| 2 |eight|||1 2 |1 2 |1 2 |||s i x|1 2 3| 2 3|| ||seven|4 5 |eight|||4 |4 |4 |||s i x| | 5 || ||seven| 9|eight||| 9| 9| |||s i x| 9| 9|| |+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+| || | 2 | |||1 2 |five |three|||1 |1 2 |eight|| || 6|4 6|4 |||4 |five |three||| | |eight|| || 9| 9| 9|||7 9|five |three|||7 9|7 9|eight|| |+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+|+-----+-----+-----+| +-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ please make your entry 713
Comments and the verb tryHard in the script are shown below.
NB. sudodubyhand0.ijs
NB. Brian Schott
NB. 12/1/5
NB. This script helps me to not make basic errors in sudoku
NB. by checking for blatantly impossible inputs and by
NB. checking that inputs are uniquely correct given the
NB. current state of the hand-solved puzzle. (When the
NB. verbs are run, non-unique inputs are allowed if
NB. they are otherwise valid, but only after the user
NB. confirms that (s)he wishes to supply the input
NB. value.)
NB. The main verb below is named tryHard. However to
NB. get familiar with the system it might be easier
NB. to start with the verb named entries, which
NB. is embedded in the verb tryHard, along with the
NB. verb removals.
NB. This is a non-GUI version developed with J v5.04. A GUI
NB. version may be developed with J v6.
NB. I have found that this system works best if the window
NB. is sized so that a full grid and the user response
NB. just fits on one screen.
NB. Henry Rich's t22 example which requires guessing
grid =: ];._2 noun define
000200700
570000080
003007040
047310020
300000009
010046350
090600800
020000071
008004000
)
NB. Roger's example
grid =: ];._2 noun define
200670000
006000201
400000800
500009300
030000050
002800007
001000004
708000600
000053008
)
NB.* entries v Checks user inputs to a Sudoku grid.
NB. form: output =: entries grid
NB. newoutput =: output entries grid
NB. The second form is useful when a devious sudoku
NB. requires guess(es) to solve. An incorrect guess
NB. leads to backtracking, so before a guess is made
NB. you can save your current results as output and
NB. then create a new output in case another guess
NB. is required. And so on.
NB. This script helps to not make basic errors in sudoku
NB. by checking for blatantly impossible entries and by
NB. checking that entries are uniquely correct given the
NB. current state of the hand-solved puzzle.
NB. Nonunique entries can be made if the user insists.
NB. The right argument is a sudoku 9 by 9 text array of
NB. digits.
NB. There may not be a left argument, but if there is none,
NB. i. 0 3 is automatically supplied. If there is a left
NB. argument, it must be all text atoms and either
NB. a) a rank-2 array of shape (n,3) of valid entry-triples,
NB. or,
NB. b) a pair of boxed rank-2 arrays of shape (n,3) and
NB. (m,3), where the first array is comprised of valid
NB. removal-triples, and the second array is comprised
NB. of valid entry-triples.
NB. The arrays must be valid because their validity is
NB. not checked. Normally when left hand arrays are
NB. supplied, they are the output of a previous run
NB. of one of the supplied verbs which was saved into
NB. a variable for the purpose of passing the output
NB. along.
NB. Alternatives a) and b) above have been expanded to allow
NB. rank-2 arrays of 3 or more columns so that
NB. additional information about each entry can be
NB. appended. In the current implementation, info about
NB. the session time of each entry/removal is appended.
NB. To force this verb to stop execution while it is in its
NB. endless while. loop, supply an empty input: just
NB. strike the return key. If you have saved the output
NB. of the verb into a named noun, then that noun -- or
NB. any of its valid rows -- can be supplied later as
NB. the left argument when this verb or other verbs
NB. here are subsequently run.
NB. examples:
NB. $S =: entries grid NB. monadic
NB. and later, especially if guesses are required
NB. $S1 =: S entries grid NB. dyadic
NB. Within the verb 'entries' an example "entry" is three
NB. digits such as 325 , which means place a 5 in the cell
NB. in row 3 and column 2 (origin 1).
NB. An empty entry signals the user wishes to quit.
NB.* removals v Checks user removals from a Sudoku grid.
NB. form: output =: removals grid
NB. newoutput =: output removals grid
NB. This script helps to not make basic errors in sudoku
NB. by disallowing blatantly impossible removals of
NB. possible digits from cells.
NB. The input options for this verb are the same as for
NB. the verb entries, as is the stopping rule.
NB. While you may use the verb removals directly, likely
NB. you will prefer to use the verb tryHard instead,
NB. after you have a little experience.
NB.* tryHard v Automates alternating use of the verbs
NB. entries and removals.
NB. form: output =: tryHard grid
NB. newoutput =: output tryHard grid
NB. The verb tryHard simplifies repeated running of the two
NB. verbs entries and removals, alternatively. To force
NB. the switch from one program to the other, supply
NB. an empty response (return key) instead of an
NB. entry or removal in one of the sub-verbs.
NB. The input options for this verb are the same as for
NB. the verb entries, as are the output options.
tryHard =: verb define
(i. 0 3) tryHard y
:
toggle =. 1
results =. x.
while. 1
do.
if. toggle
do.
temp =. results entries y
else.
temp =. results removals y
end.
if. L. temp
do.
if. #>{.temp do. results =. temp else. results =. >{:temp end.
else.
results =. temp
end.
still =. ui2 'Exit this program now? (y or [n])'
if. still -: ,'y' do. results break. end.
toggle =. -. toggle
end.
)
Contributed by Brian Schott
[[Category:Games R.2.1.10]