From: brabuhr@...
Date: 2008-11-12T23:54:06+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Sudoku Generator (#182)

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Kaz Kylheku <kkylheku@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2008-11-11, brabuhr@gmail.com <brabuhr@gmail.com> wrote:
>>     64 times
>>         pick a random spot
>>         skip it if it is already a hole
>
> Is it really so difficult to make a sequence of integers from 0 to 80, scramble
> its order (e.g. using the Knuth random exchange method) and then take
> successive elements from this sequence as the locations on the Sudoku
> board?

No, it's not difficult at all.  (But maybe less fun ;-)  Doesn't Ruby
1.9.1 have something like:

        (0..80).sample(n)...