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Sudoku puzzle Solver

This is a solution to the Insight Data Engineering Challenge. It is a sudoku puzzle solver implemented in Python. It requires at least Python 2.7 to run efficiently.

This solution is programmed to run from a unix terminal. It accepts a CSV file for the puzzle as an input and it outputs a CSV too for its solution. The CSV is named solution.csv

$ python sudoku.py puzzle3.csv pattern=6 #Use this if input file is a 6 x 6 puzzle
$ python sudoku.py puzzle2.csv pattern=4 #Use this if input file is a 4 x 4 puzzle
$ python sudoku.py puzzle.csv pattern=9 #Use this if input file is a 9 x 9 puzzle
$ python sudoku.py puzzle.csv #Use this if input file is a 9 x 9 puzzle

The pattern parameter is optional. Running the code without this will assume the puzzle is a 9 x 9 matrix. The soulution.csv is typically stored in the project root.