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SudokuHints

Guides

  • Sudoku Hints

Tech Notes

  • Logical Rules for Solving a Sudoku
  • Representation of a Sudoku
  • String Representation of a Sudoku

Symbols

  • BackTracking
  • bla
  • CandidateSet
  • CellSize
  • Clues
  • ColoredCells
  • ColoredGroupColor
  • ColoredGroups
  • CommonCellColor
  • ConjugateLists
  • DiskCells
  • Disks
  • DoubleCandidate
  • DoubleCandidate
  • EditClues
  • EditColoredGroups
  • EditLineGroups
  • EditOutlinedGroups
  • EditSudoku
  • EnterClues
  • EnterSudoku
  • ExcludeCommonCells
  • ExportSudoku
  • ExtendSudoku
  • ExtraBlockCellColor
  • ExtraBlocks
  • GenerateSudokus
  • HiddenPair
  • HiddenPairs
  • HiddenQuadruple
  • HiddenQuadruples
  • HiddenSingle
  • HiddenSingles
  • HiddenTriple
  • HiddenTriples
  • Hints
  • IncludeCandidates
  • LineGroups
  • LockedCandidates
  • MaxClues
  • MaxSolutions
  • MaxSteps
  • MonitorSteps
  • NumericalString
  • OutlinedGroups
  • Pair
  • Pairs
  • QuadrupleCandidate
  • Quadruple
  • ReduceClues
  • ReduceSudoku
  • SetDisplay
  • SetDisplayOptions
  • SetSdokuOptions
  • SetSudokuOptions
  • ShowCandidates
  • ShowInfo
  • Single
  • Singles
  • SolveSudoku
  • SudokuFromString
  • SudokuHints
  • SudokuInfo
  • Sudoku
  • SudokuToString
  • SwordFish
  • ThreeGroups
  • TripleCandidate
  • Triple
  • Triples
  • XRule
  • XXXMaxSteps
  • XYChain
  • XYZWing
  • YWing
  • ZZZExtraBlocks
  • ZZZLockedCandidates
  • $AllRules
  • $Sudoku
FredSimons`SudokuHints`
SudokuHints
​
SudokuHints[sudoku,rules]
opens a tool for solving the sudoku interactively. At any time it shows and may explain all possible reductions that can be found with the given rules. Which of the reductions will be applied can be selected.
​
Details and Options

Examples  
(2)
Basic Examples  
(2)
In[1]:=
SudokuHints
["1P9Nwaf1Pvd3U%Azuv71dSrqO0uYQV6JqAVaXzE1ZorK"]
Apply some reductions. Then press the button $Sudoku.
In[2]:=
SudokuToString
$Sudoku,
IncludeCandidates
True
Out[2]=
1PAu1AwtYwhCsW2oFFfSaMi5xj@$fVBw62$6Q&BVxyK8|VC9Tc0lzmdW%Rs@tAAvCSgb%q7PbOI7ZI4x@rQ7pEFH8nMr6JpJ#k!pTGpH1AkXB9BbPe9YmObJNCd4Goio
In[3]:=
SudokuFromString
[%]
Out[3]=
​
The function may be used with less rules. In this example, without having selected a cell, the rule HiddenSingle can be applied only twice.
In[1]:=
SudokuHints
["1P9Nwaf1Pvd3U%Azuv71dSrqO0uYQV6JqAVaXzE1ZorK",{"Single","HiddenSingle"}]
SeeAlso
SudokuInfo
 
▪
SolveSudoku
TechNotes
▪
Logical Rules for Solving a Sudoku
RelatedGuides
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Sudoku Hints
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