sudoku-cruncher

Sudoku Solver using Backtracking

This was submitted as the First Semester Project for Introduction to Programming using C.

The program has been tested on Windows-based as well as Linux-based Operating Systems. To test the application, follow the steps below:

0. Set the EDITOR constant to the text editor in your system.
1. Compile the source code. gcc sudoku_cruncher.c -o sudoku_cruncher
2. Run the executable in either of the two ways 2.1 ./sudoku_cruncher if you want to directly into the editor 2.1.1 Input the Sudoku problem in a grid as is kept in 1.txt, 2.txt or 3.txt when a Text Editor window appears. 2.1.2. Save and Close the Text Editor Window. 2.2 ./sudoku_cruncher 1.txt where "1.txt" is the file you want to give as a sudoku problem
3. Check the solution that appears in a new Text Editor window.