HoDoKu Solving Technique Index: Example for "Hidden Single (cross hatching)"

Solving Technique Example

Original sudoku:

..2193........7...7...4..198.3...6...45...23...7...5.437..8...6...6........5341..

Use the following line if you want to load the sudoku in HoDoKu:

:0002::..2193........7...7...4..198.3...6...45...23...7...5.437..8...6...6........5341..:::

The following representation can be pasted in most Sudoku programs:

.----------------------.-------------------.----------------------.

| 456    568     2     | 1     9     3     | 478    45678   578   |

| 14569  135689  14689 | 28    256   7     | 348    24568   2358  |

| 7      3568    68    | 28    4     2568  | 38     1       9     |

:----------------------+-------------------+----------------------:

| 8      129     3     | 2479  1257  1259  | 6      79      17    |

| 169    4       5     | 789   167   1689  | 2      3       178   |

| 1269   1269    7     | 2389  126   12689 | 5      89      4     |

:----------------------+-------------------+----------------------:

| 3      7       149   | 29    8     129   | 49     2459    6     |

| 12459  12589   1489  | 6     127   129   | 34789  245789  23578 |

| 269    2689    689   | 5     3     4     | 1      2789    278   |

'----------------------'-------------------'----------------------'

Representation of the step:

.----------------------.--------------------.----------------------.

| 456    568     2     |  1     9     3     | 478    45678   578   |

| 14569  135689  14689 |  28    256   7     | 348    24568   2358  |

| 7      3568    68    |  28    4     2568  | 38     1       9     |

:----------------------+--------------------+----------------------:

| 8      129     3     |  2479  1257  1259  | 6      79      17    |

| 169    4       5     |  789   167   1689  | 2      3       178   |

| 1269   1269    7     | *2389  126   12689 | 5      89      4     |

:----------------------+--------------------+----------------------:

| 3      7       149   |  29    8     129   | 49     2459    6     |

| 12459  12589   1489  |  6     127   129   | 34789  245789  23578 |

| 269    2689    689   |  5     3     4     | 1      2789    278   |

'----------------------'--------------------'----------------------'



Hidden Single: r6c4=3






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