LeetCode 36. Valid Sudoku

Description

https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-sudoku/

Determine if a 9×9 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 9 3x3 sub-boxes of the grid must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.

A partially filled sudoku which is valid.

The Sudoku board could be partially filled, where empty cells are filled with the character '.'.

Example 1:

Input:
[
  ["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:
[
  ["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.

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.
• The given board contain only digits 1-9 and the character '.'.
• The given board size is always 9x9.

Accepted

Explanation

To satisfy the following:

• There is no rows with duplicates.
• There is no columns with duplicates.
• There is no sub-boxes with duplicates.

Python Solution

class Solution:
    def isValidSudoku(self, board: List[List[str]]) -> bool:
        rows = [{} for i in range(9)]
        columns = [{} for i in range(9)]
        boxes = [{} for i in range(9)]
        
        for i in range(9):
            for j in range(9):
                num = board[i][j]                
                if num != '.':
                    box_index = (i //  3) * 3 + j // 3

                    rows[i][num] = rows[i].get(num, 0) + 1
                    columns[j][num] = columns[j].get(num, 0) + 1
                    boxes[box_index][num] = boxes[box_index].get(num, 0) + 1
                                        
                    if rows[i][num] > 1 or columns[j][num] > 1 or boxes[box_index][num] > 1:
                        return False
                    
                    
        return True

• Time complexity: O(1). Only one iteration over the board with 81 cells.
• Space complexity : O(1).