http://www.cpp-home.com/forum/viewto...1dff3fc3b520b7
It's a contest to generate a completed sudoku puzzle in the fewest amount of tokens... see link to thread for details
Thanks,
Darryl
http://www.cpp-home.com/forum/viewto...1dff3fc3b520b7
It's a contest to generate a completed sudoku puzzle in the fewest amount of tokens... see link to thread for details
Thanks,
Darryl
sudoku ... what is that? the japanese way of trying to hit the lottery numbers?relationships between numerals are absolutely irrelevant
i read the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku page. i still do not get it. if no mathmatical relationships between numerals that are absolutely irrelevant then how do you know if it is correct or not? and are there some start numbers or was that just an example of partly compleaated?
Su Doku is a puzzle. It consists of nine boxes composed of nine cells. Each box has each digit from 1 to 9. Each puzzle-wide row and column (spanning three boxes) has each digit from 1 to 9. This inherently restricts duplicate digits from any box, row, or column.
The puzzle starts out with just a few numbers present in seemingly random places in the grid and the player's goal is to fill in all the blank cells. Given a correct starting puzzle, there is one and only one solution.
You misquoted Wikipedia, the page says:Originally Posted by kryptkat
arithmetic relationships between numerals are absolutely irrelevant.
Last edited by Sang-drax : Tomorrow at 02:21 AM. Reason: Time travelling
Bah, why are all contest I see shortest or obfuscated code contests, or in this case both more or less? Its like having a contest to write the best short-story but then saying you can't use the letter 'e'. The shortest algorithms usually does not make it the best or most elegant algorithm. Easy to grade I guess?
Last edited by PJYelton; 01-20-2006 at 12:41 PM.
how about diagonally?Each box has each digit from 1 to 9. Each puzzle-wide row and column (spanning three boxes) has each digit from 1 to 9. This inherently restricts duplicate digits from any box, row, or column.
well? is there a starting puzzle?Given a correct starting puzzle, there is one and only one solution.
ps sangdrax it is funnier the ohter way...
No limitations.
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"There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code."
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Just within the box, rows, and columns. Diagonally wouldn't make sense because there are only two diagonals with 9 cells.how about diagonally?
Every complete puzzle, of which there are billions of trillions, has practically countless starting puzzles depending on how many "givens" (or clues) there are and how many blank cells there are. There isn't a single puzzle given to beginners which you can call "the starter puzzle." By that term, I just mean the grid & values you start out with to solve the puzzle.well? is there a starting puzzle?
Check out websudoku. It's the best source for clean, easy, free play I've found. It's a challenging and very fun game (if you like challenging games).
No starting puzzle, you just need to create a program that can generate a finished answer from a blank board, creating a random answer each time it is run.
In other words, when you run the program it spits out a random finished soduku board.
Are you thinking of http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156...books&v=glance €?
Last edited by Sang-drax : Tomorrow at 02:21 AM. Reason: Time travelling
What is that book about? I don't see a synopsis anywhere on the page. I'm guessing an entire story without the letter 'e'?
I think that statement was just to convey the idea that each line or group consists of 9 distinct symbols. Whether the symbols are numerals, alphanumeric, or are not (yet) in Unicode doesnt matter.if no mathmatical relationships between numerals that are absolutely irrelevant then how do you know if it is correct or not?
GadsbyIts like having a contest to write the best short-story but then saying you can't use the letter 'e'.
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You guess correctly. It was originally written in French and amazingly enough translated into English successfully. It was referenced in "The Code Book" by Simon Singh; that's where I know it from.
Last edited by Sang-drax : Tomorrow at 02:21 AM. Reason: Time travelling
M30w!Originally Posted by PJYelton
Its like having a contest to write the best short-story but then saying you can't use the letter 'e'.
I have been trying to host monthly contest over at cpp-home. From my experience, most people are too busy to do any "complicated" coding and therefore don't participate in say for example AI contest(unless there is a prize). Therefore, what I have found is that many people, even beginners will at least try their hand at a very simple algorithm ( ie generating a sudoku) and then "optimizing/obfuscating" as time allows.
Also keep in mind that these are contest and not just "challenges" like you'd find at mathschallenge.com..or other "algorithm" type challenges I've seen here. So there is also the difficulty of finding a unique idea (can't just google an answer) that is easy to judge objectively.
With that said, what suggestions can you give?
