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Thread: Numbers moving that shouldnt be

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    Default Numbers moving that shouldnt be

    This code solves a Sudoku puzzle with no starting values perfectly..
    But if i then in some values to start with it moves them around to suit itself which cannot happen.
    Can anybody see the problem in the code? because it is frying my brain!

    public boolean solve(int row, int col) {
     
    		if (row == 9) 
    		{
    	        row = 0;
    		    col++;
    		}
    	    if (col == 9 )
    	    {
    	      return true;                //Base case - puzzle solved.
    	    }       
    	    Object checkHelp = board[row][col];
    	    String s = checkHelp.toString().trim();
    	  if(s.equals('1') ||s.equals('2') ||s.equals('3') ||s.equals('4') ||s.equals('5') ||
    			  s.equals('6') ||s.equals('7') ||s.equals('8') ||s.equals('9') ) // skip filled cells
    	{
     
    	        solve(row+1,col);   		    //recursive call
    	}
     
    	for(int val = 1; val <10;val++) 
    	{
    		if (valid(row,col,val,board))  //checks if value is legal
    		{
    			Object input = val;
    			String z = input.toString().trim();
    		    board[row][col] = z.charAt(0);;
    	        fireTableCellUpdated(row, col);
     
     
    		if (solve(row+1,col))     //call solve starting at next cell
    	    {
    	       return true;
    	    }
    		}
        }
     
    	board[row][col] = '0'; // reset on backtrack
    	return false;
     
     
     
    	}


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    Default Re: Numbers moving that shouldnt be

    t moves them around to suit itself
    Try debugging your code by adding printlns to show the values of variables as they are changed by the program. Be sure to print out enough information do show what the code is doing and what are the values of the variables it is using.

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    Default Re: Numbers moving that shouldnt be

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    Try debugging your code by adding printlns to show the values of variables as they are changed by the program. Be sure to print out enough information do show what the code is doing and what are the values of the variables it is using.
    Because this is a recursive method debugging with printlns is an extremely difficult thing to do as the console window just gets flooded with printlns, I was hoping someone else on here could possibly see some silly mistake I am making

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    Default Re: Numbers moving that shouldnt be

    Sometimes that's what happens. There could be lots of printlns and the answer to your problem will be in those print outs.
    If there is one particular content of a square that gets moved, use if statements to control the printlns so that they only print when that content is being set/changed/moved.

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    Default Re: Numbers moving that shouldnt be

    Okay.. using printlns this part of my code NEVER executes

    Object checkHelp = board[row][col];
    String s = checkHelp.toString().trim();
    if(s.equals('1') ||s.equals('2') ||s.equals('3') ||s.equals('4') ||s.equals('5') ||
    s.equals('6') ||s.equals('7') ||s.equals('8') ||s.equals('9') ) // skip filled cells
    {
    System.out.println("Skipped Number");
    solve(row+1,col); //recursive call
    }


    anyone?

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    Default Re: Numbers moving that shouldnt be

    What statements are before the code you posted that prevents the posted code from executing?
    What are the values of the variables that are tested?

    Did you test your code? See what this statement does:
    System.out.println("1".equals('1')); // false

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    Default Re: Numbers moving that shouldnt be

    You are using string comparison to compare chars.

    (s.equals('1')) should be (s.equals("1)) etc. Right now, it's false.

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