On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 8:56 PM, Abhiram R <abhi.darkn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Mar 26, 2015 5:39 AM, "Ian Kelly" <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> "Hard" for a human doesn't necessarily mean "hard" for a programmatic >>> solver in this case. Try your solver on this one: >>> >>> $ cat sudoku2.dat >>> . . . 7 . . . . . >>> 1 . . . . . . . . >>> . . . 4 3 . 2 . . >>> . . . . . . . . 6 >>> . . . 5 . 9 . . . >>> . . . . . . 4 1 8 >>> . . . . 8 1 . . . >>> . . 2 . . . . 5 . >>> . 4 . . . . 3 . . >>> >>> I tried the first puzzle you posted, and it took about a second. I >>> then started running it on this one before I started typing up this >>> post, and it hasn't finished yet. >> >> Sooooo... Is it done yet? And if yes, how long did it take? > > I don't know, I killed it at about 16 minutes. > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
:( Too bad. I'll give it a go myself. And then try implementing my own solution. Have a lot of time on my hands today :D -- -Abhiram R -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
