Sudoku input control for vb

[Sean]

Im building a sudoku solver. Im using c# for defining the class and
various functions. The numbers grid for sudoku is stored in the form
of int[3,3,3,3]

the application form i'l build by using vb. What form control should i
use to get initial values from the user?
also how can i allow the user to enter only a number from 1 to 9

[Jamie Fraser]

Should int[3,3,3,3] not be int[9,9]?

[Cerebrus]

Never played Sudoku (notwithstanding the current craze), so I can only
guess. How about using a textbox with input validation ? Or if you
want only numbers, you can use a NumericUpDown control and set your
max/min values.

[Sean]

i would need 81 textboxes to map to my int[3,3,3,3]. that is very
tedious.

> > also how can i allow the user to enter only a number from 1 to 9- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

[Jamie Fraser]

You certainly don't need to add 81 controls at design time, that would
be somewhat ridiculous.

You can dynamically create and add controls at run time, and using
something like a flowlayoutpanel or tablelayoutpanel you could get the
desired layout.

On 01/07/07, Sean <romil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

[Sean]

in vb
Dim tb(2, 2, 2, 2) As MaskedTextBox

and in c# i also hav
private int[, , ,] s = new int[3, 3, 3, 3];

i need code to dynamically add these 81 maskedtextbaxes in a
flowlayoutpanel.

what is the 'tag' property? can i use it to link a particular text box
to an array item???

On Jul 2, 12:53 pm, "Jamie Fraser" <jamie.fra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You certainly don't need to add 81 controls at design time, that would
> be somewhat ridiculous.
>
> You can dynamically create and add controls at run time, and using
> something like a flowlayoutpanel or tablelayoutpanel you could get the
> desired layout.
>

> On 01/07/07, Sean <romil.ku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > i would need 81 textboxes to map to my int[3,3,3,3]. that is very
> > tedious.
>
> > On Jul 1, 4:37 pm, Cerebrus <zorg...@sify.com> wrote:
> > > Never played Sudoku (notwithstanding the current craze), so I can only
> > > guess. How about using a textbox with input validation ? Or if you
> > > want only numbers, you can use a NumericUpDown control and set your
> > > max/min values.
>
> > > On Jul 1, 1:45 pm, Sean <romil.ku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Im building a sudoku solver. Im using c# for defining the class and
> > > > various functions. The numbers grid for sudoku is stored in the form
> > > > of int[3,3,3,3]
>
> > > > the application form i'l build by using vb. What form control should i
> > > > use to get initial values from the user?
> > > > also how can i allow the user to enter only a number from 1 to 9- Hide quoted text -
>

> > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -

[Cerebrus]

I'm sure you can have a multi-dimensional control array in .NET,
though I've never needed to create one.

The tag property lets you add any custom data to a control. Yes, you
could add an index no. from the array to the tag property, to maintain
linking.

[Charles A. Lopez]

in almost plain english

 

....1 code here

....2 code here

....3 Accept input from user

....4 Evaluate Input

....5    if input is not valid GOTO 3  // if input is not from 1..9

 

that is A correct algorithm.

I haven't answered how to accept input from the user

 

  

 

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If you want to try out something new in sudoku, try shendoku, using
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Have fun, I am. I specially like one slogan I heard about Shendoku:
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