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SudokuHints

Guides

  • Sudoku Hints

Symbols

  • BackTracking
  • CellSize
  • ColoredCells
  • CommonCellColor
  • Disks
  • DoubleCandidates
  • EditSudoku
  • EnterClues
  • EnterSudoku
  • ExportSudoku
  • ExtraBlockCellColor
  • ExtraBlocks
  • HiddenPairs
  • HiddenQuadruples
  • HiddenSingles
  • HiddenTriples
  • Hints
  • IncludeCandidates
  • LockedCandidates
  • MaxSolutions
  • MaxSteps
  • MonitorSteps
  • Pairs
  • ReduceSudoku
  • SetDisplay
  • ShowCandidates
  • ShowInfo
  • Singles
  • SolveSudoku
  • SudokuFromString
  • Sudoku
  • SudokuToString
  • ThreeGroups
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  • $AllRules
  • $Sudoku
FredSimons`SudokuHints`
Hints
​
Hints
[sudoku]
opens a tool that shows which rules can be applied for further reducing the sudoku.
​
Details and Options

Examples  
(3)
Basic Examples  
(3)
In[1]:=
Hints
["800900020010050900007002000600001080400000607030500000000000490000007301040623000"]
Apply some reductions. When we want to keep the intermediate result, we can do:
In[2]:=
SudokuToString

$Sudoku
,
ShowCandidates
True
Out[2]=
C0I0K8G0U550y1W3Q1h1q3U0y2sqs2#0u1M3D0n0o1%9w0y6q1!te292E0k1C3GKK3Q1%A03c12N61E1M550y2X2Yp22i561C3kNG3u1%0o3%55A04E4I3r1M4Sc65Y5e3s1M5o1vD66q1x1M6$741y1M4cYw4mp24x5yZ0625e6CD67J7O6x1C7Y6y1M503k5I5K551M6S6WJw6n7i1q7s247#7E86KA8G0&1C8Q201C9S3k9cb#9mb#Ao2L1MA#B22M1M8a2i8k2i8z9!A9AHBIBOBZ929H9KANAaAfBg0v1CBq8QB!8a
In[3]:=
SudokuFromString
[%]
Out[3]=
Contents cannot be rendered at this time; please try again later
​
For getting hints on how to solve this sudoku:
Contents cannot be rendered at this time; please try again later
we start with:
In[1]:=
Hints

ExtraBlocks
True
​
Hints can be used for any sudoku:
In[1]:=
Hints
["008700010000000040070005300000000030050840000001009058003610000000000030000200300000000000900600081009000100000000510000806000000000904000000480007409100000005730000000050004200000650000050030970001000003000002008000000000000000008000000400709020100060000070000010342000080001000040900000&&0L0L071x233t"]
SeeAlso
$Sudoku
 
▪
EnterSudoku
 
▪
ReduceSudoku
 
▪
SolveSudoku
RelatedGuides
▪
Sudoku Hints
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