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Hard/sudoku-solver/solution.cpp

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+#include <array>
+#include <vector>
+
+class Solution {
+  public:
+    std::array<int, 2> nextEmpty(std::vector<std::vector<char>> &board) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 9; ++i) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < 9; ++j) {
+                if (board[i][j] == '.') {
+                    return {i, j};
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return {-1, -1};
+    }
+
+    bool valid(std::vector<std::vector<char>> &board, int row, int col,
+               char dgt) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 9; ++i) {
+            if (board[i][col] == dgt || board[row][i] == dgt) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        row = row - row % 3;
+        col = col - col % 3;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < 3; ++j) {
+                if (board[i + row][j + col] == dgt) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool boardFiller(std::vector<std::vector<char>> &board) {
+        std::array<int, 2> index = nextEmpty(board);
+
+        if (index[0] == -1) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        int row = index[0];
+        int col = index[1];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 9; ++i) {
+            if (valid(board, row, col, (char)((int)'1' + i))) {
+                board[row][col] = (char)((int)'1' + i);
+
+                if (boardFiller(board)) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            board[row][col] = '.';
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    void solveSudoku(std::vector<std::vector<char>> &board) {
+        boardFiller(board);
+    }
+};