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Valid Sudoku

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.

Note:

  • A Sudoku board (partially filled) could be valid but is not necessarily solvable.
  • Only the filled cells need to be validated according to the mentioned rules.

Example 1:

Input: board =
[["5","3",".",".","7",".",".",".","."]
,["6",".",".","1","9","5",".",".","."]
,[".","9","8",".",".",".",".","6","."]
,["8",".",".",".","6",".",".",".","3"]
,["4",".",".","8",".","3",".",".","1"]
,["7",".",".",".","2",".",".",".","6"]
,[".","6",".",".",".",".","2","8","."]
,[".",".",".","4","1","9",".",".","5"]
,[".",".",".",".","8",".",".","7","9"]]
Output: true

Example 2:

Input: board =
[["8","3",".",".","7",".",".",".","."]
,["6",".",".","1","9","5",".",".","."]
,[".","9","8",".",".",".",".","6","."]
,["8",".",".",".","6",".",".",".","3"]
,["4",".",".","8",".","3",".",".","1"]
,["7",".",".",".","2",".",".",".","6"]
,[".","6",".",".",".",".","2","8","."]
,[".",".",".","4","1","9",".",".","5"]
,[".",".",".",".","8",".",".","7","9"]]
Output: false
Explanation: Same as Example 1, except with the 5 in the top left corner being modified to 8. Since there are two 8's in the top left 3x3 sub-box, it is invalid.

Constraints:

  • board.length == 9
  • board[i].length == 9
  • board[i][j] is a digit 1-9 or '.'.

SOLUTION:

from collections import defaultdict

class Solution:
    def isValidSudoku(self, board: List[List[str]]) -> bool:
        n = 9
        k = 3
        rowseen = defaultdict(set)
        colseen = defaultdict(set)
        cellseen = defaultdict(set)
        for i in range(n):
            for j in range(n):
                curr = board[i][j]
                if curr != ".":
                    if curr in rowseen[i] or curr in colseen[j]:
                        return False
                    rowseen[i].add(curr)
                    colseen[j].add(curr)
                    cell = (i // k, j // k)
                    if curr in cellseen[cell]:
                        return False
                    cellseen[cell].add(curr)
        return True
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