From: Victor Reyes <victor.reyes@...>
Date: 2008-05-06T08:15:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Help with array

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Axel,

I will do so.

Thank you

Victor


On 5/5/08, Axel Etzold <AEtzold@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Tue, 6 May 2008 04:06:01 +0900
> > Von: "Victor Reyes" <victor.reyes@gmail.com>
> > An: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> > Betreff: Help with array
>
> > Team,
> >
> > On my never ending saga to learn Ruby, I am trying to write a program t=
o
> > solve Sudoku puzzles.
> > Given a multidimensional array (9x9) I am trying to inspect each row an=
d
> > each column as follows:
> >
> > Assume the following represents a typical row in my 9x9 array:
> >
> >   *Row***
> >
> > 23
> >
> > 689
> >
> > 7
> >
> > 12345689
> >
> > 1359
> >
> > 9
> >
> > 2468
> >
> > 359
> >
> > 235
> >   Row
> > 23
> > 689
> > 7
> > 12345689
> > 1359
> > 9
> > 2468
> > 359
> > 235
> >  Row
> >
> > 23
> >
> > 689
> >
> > 7
> >
> > 12345689
> >
> > 1359
> >
> > 9
> >
> > 2468
> >
> > 359
> >
> > 235
> >
> >  Row
> > 23
> > 689
> > 7
> > 12345689
> > 1359
> > 9
> > 2468
> > 359
> > 235
> > Furthermore, assume the following is a typical column:
> >
> >   *Column***
> >
> > 23
> >
> > 689
> >
> > 7
> >
> > 12345689
> >
> > 1359
> >
> > 9
> >
> > 2468
> >
> > 359
> >
> > 235
> >   I would like to be able to count the frequency of each digit on eithe=
r
> > row
> > or column, separate of course!
> >
> >   *Number***
> >
> > 1
> >
> > 2
> >
> > 3
> >
> > 4
> >
> > 5
> >
> > 6
> >
> > 7
> >
> > 8
> >
> > 9
> >
> > *Frequency***
> >
> > 2
> >
> > 4
> >
> > 5
> >
> > 2
> >
> > 4
> >
> > 3
> >
> > 1
> >
> > 3
> >
> > 5
> >
> > I can do this with some ugly looking and probably inefficient loop.
> > However,
> > Ruby has so many tools and "tricks" that perhaps there might be some wa=
y
> > of
> > doing this quicker and easy to understand.
> >
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Victor
>
> Dear Victor,
>
> one nice feature of the Ruby list is its quiz contest.
> You can have a look at different solution proposals for solving
> Sudokus here:
>
>
> http://www.rubyquiz.com/quiz43.html
>
> Best regards,
>
> Axel
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