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By: Julian

Julian — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:01:27 +0000

Indeed, Andrew. In fact, it should probably have started out: “I’m off to bed. I’ll answer this when I’ve had some sleep.”

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:05:08 +0000

Julian, your third paragraph should read “On the other hand, you probably…”; and after “It can certainly be hard to start out.” you should have added another paragraph with some encouraging words. I suggest “Don’t be discouraged, however.”

This would make your reply much more enlightening to, well, beginners.

By: Julian

Julian — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:47:18 +0000

John,

It can certainly be hard to start out.

I would look for an article about Kakoro Solvers which described the simple algorithm near the top – maybe in the second section?

You probably wouldn’t get any “Beginner C++ Programming” advice there – you’d need to look elsewhere. Perhaps Google? I can’t imagine what a good search term might be.

Try to avoid blogs where the author uses irony when he is tired and grumpy.

By: John

John — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:54:42 +0000

How do you start writing with any solver in C++,
I want to program a solver.
Such as a sudoku or kakuro solver.

How do I start, what do I have to include in my file, what algorithm(s) to use?

I am planning to program solvers and use it for my own.

Thank you for reading

By: chandresh

chandresh — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:14:52 +0000

hi,
i am getting project on kakuro in my college..using C language..
but i cant understand how to implement it in C language.
please help me if you know please guide me.

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By: UltraMadWizard

UltraMadWizard — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:02:36 +0000

Hi,
I have recently written my own kakuro-solver and want to test it now. Does anyone know a website where I can find extremly hard kakuros (I mean 25 times 25 or something like that, the maximum value of the summands can be arbitrary( but must be known ahead of corse) and doesn’t necessarily has to be 9 (but can be 9 of corse)). Or could someone having an ultra-hard Kakuro available please post it or send me.

thx+bye.

By: William

William — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:25:39 +0000

Can you send me the algorithm?

By: bigdogdman

bigdogdman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:35:01 +0000

After scouring the internet, the only two pages I could find on kakuro solvers were this one and http://kakuro-solver.blogspot.com/2006/08/kakuro-solver.html

All I’m looking for is some sample code that already works to expand upon and tweak; your animated solver fit the bill perfectly, since I’m not as up to speed on graphical coding as I am on algorithms. Is your python code available for examination by any chance?

Thx for the post BTW; it was very helpful in my own kakuro-solving endeavors.