[Solved] Determine if a 9 x 9 Sudoku board is valid. Only the filled cells need to be validated according to the following rules: Each row must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.

Question

Determine if a 9 x 9 Sudoku board is valid. Only the filled cells need to be validated according to the following rules:

1. Each row must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.
2. Each column must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.
3. Each of the nine 3 x 3 sub-boxes of the grid must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.

Note:

• A Sudoku board (partially filled) could be valid but is not necessarily solvable.
• Only the filled cells need to be validated according to the mentioned rules.

Example 1:

Input: board = 
[["5","3",".",".","7",".",".",".","."]
,["6",".",".","1","9","5",".",".","."]
,[".","9","8",".",".",".",".","6","."]
,["8",".",".",".","6",".",".",".","3"]
,["4",".",".","8",".","3",".",".","1"]
,["7",".",".",".","2",".",".",".","6"]
,[".","6",".",".",".",".","2","8","."]
,[".",".",".","4","1","9",".",".","5"]
,[".",".",".",".","8",".",".","7","9"]]
Output: true

Example 2:

Input: board = 
[["8","3",".",".","7",".",".",".","."]
,["6",".",".","1","9","5",".",".","."]
,[".","9","8",".",".",".",".","6","."]
,["8",".",".",".","6",".",".",".","3"]
,["4",".",".","8",".","3",".",".","1"]
,["7",".",".",".","2",".",".",".","6"]
,[".","6",".",".",".",".","2","8","."]
,[".",".",".","4","1","9",".",".","5"]
,[".",".",".",".","8",".",".","7","9"]]
Output: false
Explanation: Same as Example 1, except with the 5 in the top left corner being modified to 8. Since there are two 8's in the top left 3x3 sub-box, it is invalid.

Constraints:

• board.length == 9
• board[i].length == 9
• board[i][j] is a digit 1-9 or '.'.

Python Solution

class Solution:
    def isValidSudoku(self, board: List[List[str]]) -> bool:
        d = set()

        for i in range(9):   
            for j in range(9):
                if board[i][j]=='.':
                    pass
                elif ((str(board[i][j]) + ' r ' + str(i)) not in d) and ((str(board[i][j]) + ' c ' + str(j)) not in d) and ((str(board[i][j]) + ' b ' + str(i//3)+str(j//3)) not in d):
                    d.add(str(board[i][j]) + ' r ' + str(i))
                    d.add(str(board[i][j]) + ' c ' + str(j))
                    d.add(str(board[i][j]) + ' b ' + str(i//3)+str(j//3))
                else:
                    return (False)
                    
                    
        return True