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["SUDOKU SOLVER"]
["Total automation of puzzle solution.  Instructions below."]
["Bob Agnew, raagnew1@gmail.com, www.raagnew.com"]
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[]
["Inputs",1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
[1,1,{"$nulls":3},5,null,null,9]
[2,{"$nulls":6},4]
[3,null,3,null,8,null,7]
[4,null,null,9,{"$nulls":3},8,6]
[5,{"$nulls":4},4]
[6,null,5,7,{"$nulls":3},2]
[7,{"$nulls":3},6,null,1,null,7]
[8,null,null,2]
[9,null,4,null,null,3,{"$nulls":3},5]
[]
[]
["Solution",1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
[1,1,8,6,4,5,3,7,9,2]
[2,9,7,5,1,6,2,4,3,8]
[3,2,3,4,8,9,7,5,1,6]
[4,4,2,9,7,1,5,8,6,3]
[5,8,1,3,2,4,6,9,5,7]
[6,6,5,7,3,8,9,2,4,1]
[7,5,9,8,6,2,1,3,7,4]
[8,3,6,2,5,7,4,1,8,9]
[9,7,4,1,9,3,8,6,2,5]
[]
[]
[null,"Iterations",{"$nulls":4},"Iteration Limit"]
[null,423,{"$nulls":4},{"v":10000,"d":"10,000"}]
[]
[]
["Instructions"]
["Enter given values into the Inputs matrix.  Leave other cells blank."]
["Click on SOLVE once to solve puzzle."]
["To print your solution at any time, click on File/Print."]
["Click on File/Save As to save your solution if you wish. "]
["Click on EXPUNGE to erase your solution if you wish."]
["Click on NEWPROB to expunge everything, including inputs, prior to inputting new values."]
["Solver uses randomization and backtracking so difficult puzzles (like the sample) may take a while."]
["Some really sparse puzzles will not solve.  Easier puzzles will solve very quickly."]
["In general, number of iterations to solution provides a good indication of puzzle difficulty."]
["On the outside chance that this solver runs up against the iteration limit,"]
["you can punch in a larger limit and/or click on SOLVE again."]
["Because the solver generates a different random number stream with each SOLVE,"]
["you will get a different number of iterations to the solution."]
["This solver is brute force randomization; there are more efficient solvers out on the web (search \"Sudoku Solver\")."]
["Click on  View > Macros > View Macros  to view VBA codes."]