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sudoku_generator(1) User Commands sudoku_generator(1)

NAME

sudoku_generator - generate and solve Sudoku puzzles

SYNOPSIS

sudoku_generator [-n|--non-sym] [-d|--dump] [givens_count]
sudoku_generator -s|--solve|-p|--print sudoku_dump

DESCRIPTION

sudoku_generator generates, solves and prints Number Place puzzles, so called Sudokus. A Sudoku puzzle consists of 9 x 9 cells subdivided into 9 regions with 3 x 3 cells. The rules are simple. There have to be the numbers from 1 to 9 in every row, column and region.

Number of givens (<= 81). Default is 36. Generation of Sudoku puzzles with less than 26 givens takes very long.
String with 81 * 1-9 or _ (+ ignored).

OPTIONS

Generate a non-symmetric Sudoku puzzle. Default is symmetric.
Dump the generated Sudoku puzzle (don't print).
Solve a Sudoku puzzle.
Print a Sudoku puzzle.
Print version information and exit.
Print help message and exit.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2005-2010, Thomas Günther <tom@toms-cafe.de>
This GPL program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; this is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see the source for details.

April 2010 sudoku_generator 0.3.5