HoDoKu Solving Technique Index: Example for "Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing)"

Solving Technique Example

Original sudoku:

.3.5.4..24.52....7.....7.1.9..7..8......4......4..9..6.6.9.....3....17.81..3.8.5.

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

:0000:x:.3.5.4..24.52....7.....7.1.9..7..8......4......4..9..6.6.9.....3..+4.17.81+4.3.8.5+9:145 165::

The following representation can be pasted in most Sudoku programs:

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

| 678    3      16789  | 5    1689   4    | 69     689   2    |

| 4      189    5      | 2    13689  36   | 369    3689  7    |

| 268    289    2689   | 68   3689   7    | 34569  1     345  |

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

| 9      125    1236   | 7    2356   2356 | 8      234   1345 |

| 25678  12578  123678 | 168  4      2356 | 12359  2379  135  |

| 2578   12578  4      | 18   2358   9    | 1235   237   6    |

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

| 2578   6      278    | 9    257    25   | 1234   234   134  |

| 3      259    29     | 4    256    1    | 7      26    8    |

| 1      4      27     | 3    267    8    | 26     5     9    |

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

Representation of the step:

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