sudoku_utils.h

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/**@file   sudoku_utils.h
 * @brief  A set of utilities that are used to read the puzzle and display the puzzle
 * @author Naga V C Gudapati
*/
 
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
 
namespace sudoku
{
   /** reads in the sudoku puzzle from filepath
    *
     * Reads the string of sudoku puzzle into a 9x9 grid represented by a vector
     * of a vector of ints. The actual number is stored as itself and the blanks are stored as -1.
     *
     */
   inline std::vector<std::vector<int>> getSudokuPuzzle( const std::string &filepath )
   {
      /* setting up a 9x9 grid forstoring the sudoku puzzle. */
      std::vector<std::vector<int>> puzzle(9, std::vector<int>(9));
 
      /* Reading the puzzle into a stringstream */
      std::ifstream infile(filepath);
 
      std::string puzzledata = "";
 
      if( infile.is_open() )
      {
         (void) std::getline(infile, puzzledata);
         if( puzzledata.length() != 81 ) /* The puzzle should have 81 characters */
         {
            std::cerr << "Please check the puzzle file forinconsistencies"
                      << "\n";
            exit(1);
         }
      }
 
      size_t idx = 0; /* This variable will be used to access the numbers in the puzzle string */
 
      for( size_t i = 0; i < 9; ++i )
      {
         for( size_t j = 0; j < 9; ++j )
         {
            /* We will only convert the numeric string to an integer if it is not '.' or '0'. */
            if( (puzzledata.substr(idx, 1) != ".") && (puzzledata.substr(idx, 1) != "0") )
            {
               puzzle[i][j] = std::stoi( puzzledata.substr(idx, 1) );
            }
            else
            {
               /* If we are currently reading a '.' or '0' make it -1. */
               puzzle[i][j] = -1;
            }
            idx++;
         }
      }
 
      return puzzle;
   }
 
   /** prints the sudoku puzzle to console */
   inline void printSudoku( const std::vector<std::vector<int>> &sudokupuzzle )
   {
      std::cout << "+----------+-----------+-----------+" << "\n";
      for( size_t i = 0; i < 9; ++i )
      {
         std::cout << "|";
         for( size_t j = 0; j < 9; ++j )
         {
            if( sudokupuzzle[i][j] > 0 )
            {
 
               if( j == 2 || j == 5 || j == 8 )
               {
                  std::cout << sudokupuzzle[i][j] << " | ";
               }
               else
               {
                  std::cout << sudokupuzzle[i][j] << "   ";
               }
            }
            else
            {
               if( j == 2 || j == 5 || j == 8 )
               {
                  std::cout << "*" << " | ";
               }
               else
               {
                  std::cout << "*" << "   ";
               }
            }
         }
         std::cout << "\n";
 
         if( i == 2 || i == 5 || i == 8 )
         {
            std::cout << "+----------+-----------+-----------+" << "\n";
         }
      }
   }
} /* namespace sudoku */