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37, Sudoku Solver

I Problem

Write a program to solve a Sudoku puzzle by filling the empty cells.

A sudoku solution must satisfy all of the following rules:

  1. Each of the digits 1-9 must occur exactly once in each row.
  2. Each of the digits 1-9 must occur exactly once in each column.
  3. Each of the digits 1-9 must occur exactly once in each of the 9 3x3 sub-boxes of the grid.

MikeAbout 4 minbacktrackinghardarrayhash tablematrixbacktracking
36, Valid Sudoku

I Problem

Determine if a 9 x 9 Sudoku board is valid. Only the filled cells need to be validated according to the following rules:

  1. Each row must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.
  2. Each column must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.
  3. Each of the nine 3 x 3 sub-boxes of the grid must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.

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59, Spiral Matrix II

I Problem

Given a positive integer n, generate an n x n matrix filled with elements from 1 to n² in spiral order.

Example 1:

Input: n = 3
Output: [[1, 2, 3], [8, 9, 4], [7, 6, 5]]

Example 2:
Input: n = 1
Output: [[1]]


MikeAbout 2 minarraymediumarraymatrixsimulation
54, Spiral Matrix

I Problem

Given an m x n matrix, return all elements of the matrix in spiral order.

Example 1

Input: matrix = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]
Output: [1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 8, 7, 4, 5]

Example 2

Input: matrix = [[1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8], [9, 10, 11, 12]]
Output: [1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12, 11, 10, 9, 5, 6, 7]


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