/java-sudoku

A command line Sudoku game written in plain Java 11

Primary LanguageJava

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Build

With java and maven installed

Build

mvn package

Run console game

java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar target/sudoku.jar

With Docker installed

Build

docker build -t borisskert/sudoku .

Run console game

docker run -it --rm borisskert/sudoku

Game looks like:

Width: 3
Height: 3
Level (1=easy, 2=medium, 3=hard): 2
Creating puzzle...
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║ │ │ ║ │ │7║ │ │ ║
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║ │ │ ║ │ │ ║ │ │ ║
╟─┼─┼─╫─┼─┼─╫─┼─┼─╢
║ │ │ ║ │2│1║ │ │6║
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║ │8│ ║ │ │2║ │5│ ║
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║ │ │ ║ │ │8║3│ │ ║
╟─┼─┼─╫─┼─┼─╫─┼─┼─╢
║ │ │ ║7│ │ ║ │ │ ║
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║ │ │2║ │4│ ║ │6│8║
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║7│ │8║ │1│9║ │ │5║
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║ │ │ ║ │7│ ║ │ │ ║
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Columns: right to left, 1 to 9
Lines: top to bottom, 1 to 9
Values: 1 to 9
Type in 'SOLVE' to solve the puzzle
Column: _
Line: _
Value: _