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Kazu数

Generate checked Sudoku and logic puzzles, read native rules and hints, and draw or embed playable boards.

Kazu is the Japanese word 数 for number. About the name

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Reference · Hitori rules

solveHitorifunction

Counts distinct minimal shade patterns: an answer shades only squares that settle a duplicate, so extra shades are never a second answer. A non-complete result never asserts uniqueness.

Import it

import { solveHitori } from "@johnmorrisdotca/kazu/hitori";

Also exported from: @johnmorrisdotca/kazu

Definition

function solveHitori(board: HitoriBoard, options?: { limit?: number; nodes?: number; }): HitoriSolve

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
boardHitoriBoard

The valid native board with its printed clues and dimensions.

options (optional){ limit?: number; nodes?: number; }

Solution/node limits or native SVG choices specified by the signature.

Returns

HitoriSolve

Counts distinct minimal shade patterns: an answer shades only squares that settle a duplicate, so extra shades are never a second answer. A non-complete result never asserts uniqueness.

Examples

import type { HitoriBoard } from "@johnmorrisdotca/kazu/hitori";
import { solveHitori } from "@johnmorrisdotca/kazu/hitori";

const hitoriBoard: HitoriBoard = {"size":5,"numbers":[4,5,5,1,2,5,2,3,2,1,2,5,4,2,2,3,1,2,5,4,2,3,1,3,4]};
console.log(solveHitori(hitoriBoard,{limit:2,nodes:20000}));
{
  count: 1,
  solution: [
    false, true,  false, false,
    false, false, false, false,
    true,  false, true,  false,
    false, false, true,  false,
    false, false, false, false,
    false, true,  false, false,
    true
  ],
  complete: true,
  nodes: 0
}

What it prints (run when this page was built)

View sourceEdit on GitHubMade from the source of @johnmorrisdotca/kazu 2.1.0.