🔒 Need some help make a Sudoku generator

[crude lagoon]

@gilded spoke

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[gilded spoke]

well

ig ill skip the gui part

import turtle as t

t.ht()
numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
lst = []
def write_num(typenum, cords):
    t.penup()
    t.setpos(cords)
    t.pendown()
    t.write(f'{typenum}', font=("Arial", 30))

def assign_valid(dis, number_values):
    if len(dis) != 0:
        values = [x for x in number_values if x not in dis]
        return values

    else:
        random.shuffle(number_values)
        return number_values

def generate_row():
    global numbers
    row = []
    used_numbers = []
    for pos in range(9):
        available_values = assign_valid(used_numbers, numbers)
        value = random.choice(available_values)
        row.append(value)
        used_numbers.append(value)
    return row

def checkc():
    row_id = 0
    row_pos = 0
    while row_pos != 9:
        if lst[row_id][row_pos] == lst[row_id+1][row_pos]:
            print("tru")
        row_pos += 1


for i in range(2):
    lst.append(generate_row())
for i in lst:
    print(i)
checkc()


#buildmainstruct()
#buildinnerstruct()

#write_num('5', (200, -200))

t.mainloop()```

so iv just been messing around with this for a side project

and I cant think of an easy way to check the columns for duplicates

without like 80 loops

thanks if anyone decides to help :)

[livid scarab]

I may overcomplicate it, but here is my thoughts

If you turn the board at 90 degrees, the columns become rows. So when a user enters the columns, you could actually treat them as rows and store them in a seperate variable, (a list of lists)

but each sublist to contain the column

and then you can use a set (which eliminates any duplicate) and check if the length of the set is the same as the sublist

[gilded spoke]

how should I change the values

cuz then it might match with the original rows

[livid scarab]

well you could store them in 2 separate variables

1 variable is rows and another one is column, and then appending to the column as column[row_pos][row_id] = user_input

[gilded spoke]

i cant really visualize it off the top of my head but ill test that out when I have time

[livid scarab]

take a sheet of paper

write the coordonates for rows and columns, and then turn it at 90 degrees

what coordonates will the columns have?

[gilded spoke]

i was just thinking positions in 9 lists

sorta like this:

[5, 8, 4, 1, 6, 7, 9, 2, 3]
[3, 5, 6, 4, 1, 9, 2, 7, 8]
[6, 7, 8, 5, 2, 3, 4, 1, 9]
[1, 3, 7, 9, 4, 6, 2, 8, 5]
[8, 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 1, 6, 9]
[1, 9, 4, 3, 6, 5, 2, 7, 8]
[4, 1, 5, 2, 9, 8, 6, 3, 7]
[7, 5, 1, 3, 2, 9, 6, 4, 8]
[9, 4, 6, 3, 1, 7, 2, 5, 8]

no idea how im gonna do the squares tbh

[livid scarab]

the same probably? using modulo?

[sharp grove]

im not sure if its a good idea or how it would work but u could try to store the same addreses in 3 list things one in rows one in colomns and one in the 3x3 squares and just tell witch list ist in from coordinates and check if its in that list

[crude lagoon]

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