Sudoku Solver is a Java application that loads a Sudoku puzzle from a text file, solves it, and displays the solution on a simple graphical user interface.

• Installation
• Usage
• Creating Your Own Puzzles
• Contributing
• License

To install this project, simply clone the repository and compile the Java files:

git clone https://github.com/user/SudokuSolver.git
cd SudokuSolver
javac *.java

To run the Sudoku solver, use the following command:

java Sudoku

By default, the Sudoku solver will attempt to solve the puzzle specified in SudokuLab/SudokuNYT.txt.

You can create your own Sudoku puzzles by creating a new text file in the following format:

.8. .7. .9. 9.. ... ..7 ..2 ... 6..

.3. 6.4 .8. ... ... ... .7. 2.8 .5.

..4 ... 8.. 5.. ... ..2 .1. .9. .3.

Each number represents a filled square in the Sudoku puzzle. An empty square is represented by a dot (.). Each Sudoku puzzle must be a 9x9 grid. After creating your puzzle, save it with the .txt file extension in the SudokuLab directory.

To solve a puzzle from a file you created, change the filename variable in the main method of the Sudoku class to match the name of your file:

String filename = "SudokuLab/YourFileName.txt";

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and make changes in your own branch. When you're ready, submit a pull request.

Sudoku Solver is released under the MIT License. For more details, see the LICENSE file.