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Hello, Inspired by the discussion in this thread, I got quite interested in Sudoku. I developed a Sudoku solver application written in Java (sorry no XSLT used here!). I thought of sharing the same with any interested person. The application is available for download at http://gandhimukul.tripod.com/sudoku/sudoku.html. Any suggestions are welcome. Since this mail is not related to XSLT, you can write to me offline. Regards, Mukul On 3/11/06, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yesterday I bought for my daughter the book > > "IQ Sudoku" by Yukio Suzuki, > http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0572032552/203-2606325-8114308 > > and for the first time was interested in this type of puzzle. > > After four hours of fiddling around I came up with a new xslt Sudoku > implementation. The code is provided at the end of my post. > > Here's a short comparison between the implementation of Andrew Welch > (AW) and this one, performed on 6 differnt board configurations (5 > from AW's xslt implementation plus the first one from the book of > Suzuki). The two xslt transformations were run using Saxon 8.7 on my > laptop (Intel Pentium M, 2.13GHz, 2GB). Time is in milliseconds. > > > Board AW DN > =========================================== > SuperEasy1, 375, 29MB 94, 13.9MB > Suzuki > > AW Easy1 3250, 27MB 360, 4MB > > AW Easy2 328, 17.7MB 344, 61MB > > AW Hard 6031, 56MB 16853, 63MB > > AW Extr. > Hard 103303, 3.7MB 10734, 32.6MB > > AW Fail. 500, 28MB 94, 13.9MB > > > It seems likely that both implementations could be further improved > considering what was done better and how in the other implementation. > > > Here's the code I came up with (160 lines vs 214 AW) (no efforts on > optimization were made): > > > <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" > xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" > xmlns:f="http://fxsl.sf.net/" > exclude-result-prefixes="f xs"> > > <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/> > > <xsl:template match="/"> > <xsl:sequence > select="f:sudoku(f:cellsGroup('Fixed', /*/*), > f:cellsGroup('Empty', /*/*))"/> > </xsl:template> > > <xsl:variable name="vAllVals" select="1 to 9" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:function name="f:cellsGroup" as="element()*"> > <xsl:param name="pgrpType" as="xs:string"/> > <xsl:param name="pRows" as="element()*"/> > <xsl:sequence select= > "for $i in 1 to count($pRows), > $vRow in $pRows[$i], > $vNum in tokenize($vRow, ',') > [if($pgrpType='Fixed') > then . ne '0' > else . eq '0' > ][if($pgrpType='Empty') > then 1 > else true()], > $k in index-of(tokenize($vRow, ','),$vNum) > return > f:makeCell($i,$k, xs:integer($vNum)) > "/> > </xsl:function> > > <xsl:function name="f:makeCell" as="element()"> > <xsl:param name="pnRow" as="xs:integer"/> > <xsl:param name="pnCol" as="xs:integer"/> > <xsl:param name="pnVal" as="xs:integer"/> > > <cell row="{$pnRow}" col="{$pnCol}" val="{$pnVal}"/> > </xsl:function> > > <xsl:function name="f:sudoku" as="item()*"> > <xsl:param name="pFixedCells" as="element()*"/> > <xsl:param name="pEmptyCells" as="element()*"/> > > <xsl:choose> > <xsl:when test="empty($pEmptyCells)"> > <xsl:sequence select="f:printBoard($pFixedCells)"/> > </xsl:when> > <xsl:otherwise> > <xsl:variable name="vBestCells" as="element()*" > select="f:bestCellsToTry($pEmptyCells)"/> > <xsl:if test="empty($vBestCells[empty(f:fillers($pFixedCells,.))])"> > <xsl:variable name="vBestCell" select="$vBestCells[1]"/> > <xsl:variable name="vFillers" as="element()+" > select="f:fillers($pFixedCells,$vBestCell)"/> > > <xsl:sequence select= > "f:tryFillers($pFixedCells,$pEmptyCells, $vFillers,$vBestCell)" > /> > </xsl:if> > </xsl:otherwise> > </xsl:choose> > </xsl:function> > > <xsl:function name="f:bestCellsToTry" as="element()*"> > <xsl:param name="pEmptyCells" as="element()*"/> > > <xsl:variable name="vbestRow" as="element()+"> > <xsl:for-each-group select="$pEmptyCells" group-by="@row"> > <xsl:sort select="count(current-group())" order="ascending"/> > <xsl:sequence select= > "if(position() = 1) > then current-group() > else ()"/> > </xsl:for-each-group> > </xsl:variable> > <!-- Output the resulting cell --> > <xsl:for-each-group select="$vbestRow" > group-by="count(f:column($pEmptyCells, current()/@col))"> > <xsl:sort select="current-grouping-key()" order="ascending"/> > > <xsl:sequence select="."/> > </xsl:for-each-group> > </xsl:function> > > <xsl:function name="f:fillers" as="element()*"> > <xsl:param name="pFixedCells" as="element()*"/> > <xsl:param name="pEmptyCell" as="element()"/> > > <xsl:for-each select="$vAllVals"> > <xsl:if test="not(. = f:column($pFixedCells,$pEmptyCell/@col)/@val) > and > not(. = f:row($pFixedCells,$pEmptyCell/@row)/@val) > and > not(. = f:region($pFixedCells, $pEmptyCell)/@val) > "> > <xsl:sequence > select="f:makeCell($pEmptyCell/@row,$pEmptyCell/@col,.)"/> > </xsl:if> > </xsl:for-each> > </xsl:function> > > <xsl:function name="f:tryFillers" as="item()*"> > <xsl:param name="pFixedCells" as="element()*"/> > <xsl:param name="pEmptyCells" as="element()*"/> > <xsl:param name="pFillers" as="element()*"/> > <xsl:param name="pBestCell" as="element()"/> > > <xsl:if test="exists($pFillers)"> > <xsl:variable name="vtheFiller" select="$pFillers[1]"/> > > <xsl:variable name="vSolution" select= > "f:sudoku(($pFixedCells,$vtheFiller),$pEmptyCells[not(. is $pBestCell)]) > "/> > > <xsl:choose> > <xsl:when test="exists($vSolution)"> > <xsl:sequence select="$vSolution"/> > </xsl:when> > <xsl:otherwise> > <xsl:sequence select= > "f:tryFillers($pFixedCells,$pEmptyCells, $pFillers[position() > gt 1],$pBestCell)"/> > </xsl:otherwise> > </xsl:choose> > </xsl:if> > </xsl:function> > > <xsl:function name="f:column" as="element()*"> > <xsl:param name="pCells" as="element()*"/> > <xsl:param name="pColno" as="xs:integer"/> > > <xsl:sequence select="$pCells[@col = $pColno]"/> > </xsl:function> > > <xsl:function name="f:row" as="element()*"> > <xsl:param name="pCells" as="element()*"/> > <xsl:param name="pRowno" as="xs:integer"/> > > <xsl:sequence select="$pCells[@row = $pRowno]"/> > </xsl:function> > > <xsl:function name="f:region" as="element()*"> > <xsl:param name="pCells" as="element()*"/> > <xsl:param name="paCell" as="element()"/> > > <xsl:variable name="vregRowStart" as="xs:integer" > select="3*(($paCell/@row -1) idiv 3) +1"/> > <xsl:variable name="vregColStart" as="xs:integer" > select="3*(($paCell/@col -1) idiv 3) +1"/> > > <xsl:sequence select= > "$pCells[xs:integer(@row) ge $vregRowStart and xs:integer(@row) > lt ($vregRowStart +3) > and > xs:integer(@col) ge $vregColStart and xs:integer(@col) lt > ($vregColStart +3) > ]"/> > </xsl:function> > > <xsl:function name="f:printBoard"> > <xsl:param name="pCells" as="element()+"/> > > <xsl:for-each-group select="$pCells" group-by="@row"> > <xsl:sort select="current-grouping-key()"/> > <row> > <xsl:for-each select="current-group()"> > <xsl:sort select="@col"/> > <xsl:value-of select= > "concat(@val, if(position() ne last()) then ', ' else ())" > /> > </xsl:for-each> > </row> > </xsl:for-each-group> > </xsl:function> > </xsl:stylesheet> > > > The input accepted by my implementation is slightly different than the > one used by Andrew Welch. Below is the Suzuki Supereasy 1 board: > > <board> > <row>0,1,6,7,0,3,4,2,0</row> > <row>5,0,3,8,0,9,6,0,1</row> > <row>7,4,0,0,0,0,0,3,5</row> > <row>4,5,0,0,0,0,0,8,6</row> > <row>0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0</row> > <row>3,7,0,0,0,0,0,9,2</row> > <row>6,8,0,0,0,0,0,1,9</row> > <row>2,0,4,1,0,6,3,0,7</row> > <row>0,3,5,9,0,2,8,6,0</row> > </board> > > -- > Cheers, > Dimitre Novatchev > --------------------------------------- > A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for > other people. > > > > > > On 2/16/06, andrew welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It took a while but I've finally written a stylesheet that can solve a > > Sudoku puzzle... > > > > This stylesheet represents a 9x9 board as 81 integers of 1 to 9, with > > zeros for empty cells. A board can be passed to the stylesheet as a > > parameter - there's a default already and I've included some of my > > test cases at the bottom as variables (just change the argument in the > > solveSudoku() function in the main template to try them). > > > > It works by first narrowing down the possible values for a cell by > > checking the existing values in the row, column and group for that > > cell. It then tries each value in the cell until a solution is found > > (or all the values have been exhausted, in which case it reports a > > broken starting sudoku). > > > > It seems reasonably fast as it is, but I intend to add a few extra > > things to make it faster, such as functions that return the other rows > > and columns in the group for any index, which will reduce the possible > > values further. Any suggestions for improvements of the algorithm are > > welcome. > > > > Thanks to Mike Kay for his Knights Tour stylesheet which was the basis > > for solving this problem - a great bit of code. > > > > cheers > > andrew > > > > <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" > > xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" > > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" > > xmlns:fn="sudoku"> > > > > <xsl:param name="board" select="( > > 1,0,0, 3,0,0, 6,0,0, > > 0,2,0, 5,0,0, 0,0,4, > > 0,0,9, 0,0,0, 5,2,0, > > > > 0,0,0, 9,6,3, 0,0,0, > > 7,1,6, 0,0,0, 0,0,0, > > 0,0,0, 0,8,0, 0,4,0, > > > > 9,0,0, 0,0,5, 3,0,7, > > 8,0,0, 4,0,6, 0,0,0, > > 3,5,0, 0,0,0, 0,0,1 > > )" as="xs:integer+"/> > > > > <xsl:variable name="rowStarts" select="(1, 10, 19, 28, 37, 46, 55, 64, > > 73)" as="xs:integer+"/> > > > > <xsl:variable name="topLeftGroup" select="(1, 2, 3, 10, 11, > > 12, 19, 20, 21)" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:variable name="topGroup" select="(4, 5, 6, 13, 14, > > 15, 22, 23, 24)" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:variable name="topRightGroup" select="(7, 8, 9, 16, 17, > > 18, 25, 26, 27)" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:variable name="midLeftGroup" select="(28, 29, 30, 37, 38, > > 39, 46, 47, 48)" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:variable name="center" select="(31, 32, 33, 40, 41, > > 42, 49, 50, 51)" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:variable name="midRightGroup" select="(34, 35, 36, 43, 44, > > 45, 52, 53, 54)" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:variable name="bottomLeftGroup" select="(55, 56, 57, 64, 65, > > 66, 73, 74, 75)" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:variable name="bottomGroup" select="(58, 59, 60, 67, 68, > > 69, 76, 77, 78)" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:variable name="bottomRightGroup" select="(61, 62, 63, 70, 71, > > 72, 79, 80, 81)" as="xs:integer+"/> > > > > > > <xsl:function name="fn:getRow" as="xs:integer+"> > > <xsl:param name="board" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:param name="index" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:variable name="rowStart" select="floor(($index - 1) div 9) * 9"/> > > <xsl:sequence select="$board[position() > $rowStart and position() > > <= $rowStart + 9]"/> > > </xsl:function> > > > > <xsl:function name="fn:getCol" as="xs:integer+"> > > <xsl:param name="board" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:param name="index" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:variable name="gap" select="($index - 1) mod 9"/> > > <xsl:variable name="colIndexes" select="for $x in $rowStarts return > > $x + $gap" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:sequence select="$board[some $x in position() satisfies $x = > > $colIndexes]"/> > > </xsl:function> > > > > <xsl:function name="fn:getGroup" as="xs:integer+"> > > <xsl:param name="board" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:param name="index" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:choose> > > <xsl:when test="$index = $topLeftGroup"> > > <xsl:sequence select="$board[some $x in position() satisfies $x = > > $topLeftGroup]"/> > > </xsl:when> > > <xsl:when test="$index = $topGroup"> > > <xsl:sequence select="$board[some $x in position() satisfies $x = > > $topGroup]"/> > > </xsl:when> > > <xsl:when test="$index = $topRightGroup"> > > <xsl:sequence select="$board[some $x in position() satisfies $x = > > $topRightGroup]"/> > > </xsl:when> > > <xsl:when test="$index = $midLeftGroup"> > > <xsl:sequence select="$board[some $x in position() satisfies $x = > > $midLeftGroup]"/> > > </xsl:when> > > <xsl:when test="$index = $center"> > > <xsl:sequence select="$board[some $x in position() satisfies $x = $center]"/> > > </xsl:when> > > <xsl:when test="$index = $midRightGroup"> > > <xsl:sequence select="$board[some $x in position() satisfies $x = > > $midRightGroup]"/> > > </xsl:when> > > <xsl:when test="$index = $bottomLeftGroup"> > > <xsl:sequence select="$board[some $x in position() satisfies $x = > > $bottomLeftGroup]"/> > > </xsl:when> > > <xsl:when test="$index = $bottomGroup"> > > <xsl:sequence select="$board[some $x in position() satisfies $x = > > $bottomGroup]"/> > > </xsl:when> > > <xsl:when test="$index = $bottomRightGroup"> > > <xsl:sequence select="$board[some $x in position() satisfies $x = > > $bottomRightGroup]"/> > > </xsl:when> > > </xsl:choose> > > </xsl:function> > > > > <xsl:function name="fn:getAllowedValues" as="xs:integer*"> > > <xsl:param name="board" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:param name="index" as="xs:integer+"/> > > > > <xsl:variable name="existingValues" select="(fn:getRow($board, > > $index), fn:getCol($board, $index), fn:getGroup($board, $index))" > > as="xs:integer+"/> > > > > <xsl:sequence select="for $x in (1 to 9) return > > if (not($x = $existingValues)) > > then $x > > else ()"/> > > </xsl:function> > > > > <xsl:function name="fn:tryValues" as="xs:integer*"> > > <xsl:param name="board" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:param name="emptyCells" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:param name="possibleValues" as="xs:integer+"/> > > > > <xsl:variable name="index" select="$emptyCells[1]" as="xs:integer"/> > > <xsl:variable name="newBoard" select="($board[position() < > > $index], $possibleValues[1], $board[position() > $index])" > > as="xs:integer+"/> > > > > <xsl:message>Trying <xsl:value-of select="$possibleValues[1]"/> out > > of a possible <xsl:value-of select="$possibleValues"/> at index > > <xsl:value-of select="$index"/></xsl:message> > > > > <xsl:variable name="result" select="fn:populateValues($newBoard, > > $emptyCells[position() != 1])" as="xs:integer*"/> > > > > <xsl:sequence select="if (empty($result)) then > > if (count($possibleValues) > 1) then > > fn:tryValues($board, $emptyCells, > > $possibleValues[position() != 1]) > > else > > () > > else > > $result"/> > > </xsl:function> > > > > <xsl:function name="fn:populateValues" as="xs:integer*"> > > <xsl:param name="board" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:param name="emptyCells" as="xs:integer*"/> > > <xsl:choose> > > <xsl:when test="not(empty($emptyCells))"> > > <xsl:variable name="index" select="$emptyCells[1]" as="xs:integer"/> > > > > <xsl:variable name="possibleValues" > > select="distinct-values(fn:getAllowedValues($board, $index))" > > as="xs:integer*"/> > > > > <xsl:choose> > > <xsl:when test="count($possibleValues) > 1"> > > <xsl:sequence select="fn:tryValues($board, $emptyCells, $possibleValues)"/> > > </xsl:when> > > <xsl:when test="count($possibleValues) = 1"> > > <xsl:variable name="newBoard" select="($board[position() < > > $index], $possibleValues[1], $board[position() > $index])" > > as="xs:integer+"/> > > <xsl:message>Only one value <xsl:value-of > > select="$possibleValues[1]"/> for index <xsl:value-of > > select="$index"/></xsl:message> > > <xsl:sequence select="fn:populateValues($newBoard, > > $emptyCells[position() != 1])"/> > > </xsl:when> > > <xsl:otherwise> > > <xsl:message>! Cannot go any further !</xsl:message> > > <xsl:sequence select="()"/> > > </xsl:otherwise> > > </xsl:choose> > > > > </xsl:when> > > <xsl:otherwise> > > <xsl:message>Done!</xsl:message> > > <xsl:sequence select="$board"/> > > </xsl:otherwise> > > </xsl:choose> > > </xsl:function> > > > > <xsl:function name="fn:solveSudoku" as="xs:integer+"> > > <xsl:param name="startBoard" as="xs:integer+"/> > > > > <xsl:variable name="emptyCells" select="for $x in (1 to 81) return if > > ($startBoard[$x] = 0) then $x else ()" as="xs:integer*"/> > > > > <xsl:variable name="endBoard" select="fn:populateValues($startBoard, > > $emptyCells)" as="xs:integer*"/> > > > > <xsl:choose> > > <xsl:when test="empty($endBoard)"> > > <xsl:message>! Invalid board - The starting board is not > > correct</xsl:message> > > <xsl:sequence select="$startBoard"/> > > </xsl:when> > > <xsl:otherwise> > > <xsl:sequence select="$endBoard"/> > > </xsl:otherwise> > > </xsl:choose> > > </xsl:function> > > > > <xsl:template match="/" name="main"> > > <xsl:call-template name="drawResult"> > > <xsl:with-param name="board" select="fn:solveSudoku($board)"/> > > </xsl:call-template> > > </xsl:template> > > > > > > <xsl:template name="drawResult"> > > <xsl:param name="board" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <html> > > <head> > > <title>Sudoku - XSLT</title> > > <style> > > table { border-collapse: collapse; > > border: 1px solid black; } > > td { padding: 10px; } > > .norm { border-left: 1px solid #CCC; > > border-top: 1px solid #CCC;} > > .csep { border-left: 1px solid black; } > > .rsep { border-top: 1px solid black; } > > </style> > > </head> > > <body> > > <xsl:call-template name="drawBoard"> > > <xsl:with-param name="board" select="$board"/> > > </xsl:call-template> > > </body> > > </html> > > </xsl:template> > > > > <xsl:template name="drawBoard"> > > <xsl:param name="board" as="xs:integer+"/> > > <table> > > <xsl:for-each select="1 to 9"> > > <xsl:variable name="i" select="."/> > > <tr> > > <xsl:for-each select="1 to 9"> > > <xsl:variable name="pos" select="(($i - 1) * 9) + ."/> > > <td class="{if (position() mod 3 = 1) then 'csep' else ('norm')} > > {if ($i mod 3 = 1) then 'rsep' else ('norm')}"> > > <xsl:value-of select="$board[$pos]"/> > > </td> > > </xsl:for-each> > > </tr> > > </xsl:for-each> > > </table> > > </xsl:template> > > > > <!-- Easy board, 32 existing numbers --> > > <xsl:variable name="testBoard1" select="( > > 0,2,0, 0,0,0, 0,3,6, > > 0,0,7, 4,0,0, 0,9,0, > > 0,0,5, 6,0,0, 0,4,8, > > > > 0,0,0, 9,3,0, 0,1,2, > > 2,9,0, 0,0,0, 0,7,5, > > 1,5,0, 0,8,2, 0,0,0, > > > > 6,7,0, 0,0,9, 1,0,0, > > 0,3,0, 0,0,7, 6,0,0, > > 4,8,0, 0,0,0, 0,2,0 > > )" as="xs:integer+"/> > > > > <!-- Hard board, 24 existing numbers --> > > <xsl:variable name="testBoard2" select="( > > 1,0,0, 5,6,0, 0,0,0, > > 9,0,0, 0,0,0, 2,0,8, > > 0,0,0, 0,0,0, 7,0,0, > > > > 0,8,0, 9,0,7, 0,0,2, > > 2,0,0, 0,0,0, 0,0,1, > > 6,0,0, 3,0,2, 0,4,0, > > > > 0,0,5, 0,0,0, 0,0,0, > > 4,0,3, 0,0,0, 0,0,9, > > 0,0,0, 0,4,1, 0,0,6 > > )" as="xs:integer+"/> > > > > <!-- Extremely Hard board, 18 existing numbers --> > > <xsl:variable name="testBoard3" select="( > > 0,0,7, 0,0,0, 0,0,8, > > 0,0,0, 0,9,5, 0,0,0, > > 0,0,2, 0,0,0, 0,4,0, > > > > 0,4,0, 0,0,0, 0,1,0, > > 5,3,0, 8,0,7, 0,2,6, > > 0,9,0, 0,0,0, 0,3,0, > > > > 0,1,0, 0,0,0, 4,0,0, > > 0,0,0, 6,2,0, 0,0,0, > > 3,0,0, 0,0,0, 5,0,0 > > )" as="xs:integer+"/> > > > > <!-- Failing board, an erroneous 9 has been added at index 1 --> > > <xsl:variable name="testBoard_Fail" select="( > > 9,2,0, 0,0,0, 0,3,6, > > 0,0,7, 4,0,0, 0,9,0, > > 0,0,5, 6,0,0, 0,4,8, > > > > 0,0,0, 9,3,0, 0,1,2, > > 2,9,0, 0,0,0, 0,7,5, > > 1,5,0, 0,8,2, 0,0,0, > > > > 6,7,0, 0,0,9, 1,0,0, > > 0,3,0, 0,0,7, 6,0,0, > > 4,8,0, 0,0,0, 0,2,0 > > )" as="xs:integer+"/> > > </xsl:stylesheet>
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