""" The Sudoku Problem Formulation for the PuLP Modeller Authors: Antony Phillips, Dr Stuart Mitchell """ # Import PuLP modeler functions from pulp import * # A list of strings from "1" to "9" is created Sequence = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"] # The Vals, Rows and Cols sequences all follow this form Vals = Sequence Rows = Sequence Cols = Sequence # The boxes list is created, with the row and column index of each square in each box Boxes =[] for i in range(3): for j in range(3): Boxes += [[(Rows[3*i+k],Cols[3*j+l]) for k in range(3) for l in range(3)]] # The prob variable is created to contain the problem data prob = LpProblem("Sudoku Problem",LpMinimize) # The problem variables are created choices = LpVariable.dicts("Choice",(Vals,Rows,Cols),0,1,LpInteger) # The arbitrary objective function is added prob += 0, "Arbitrary Objective Function" # A constraint ensuring that only one value can be in each square is created for r in Rows: for c in Cols: prob += lpSum([choices[v][r][c] for v in Vals]) == 1, "" # The row, column and box constraints are added for each value for v in Vals: for r in Rows: prob += lpSum([choices[v][r][c] for c in Cols]) == 1,"" for c in Cols: prob += lpSum([choices[v][r][c] for r in Rows]) == 1,"" for b in Boxes: prob += lpSum([choices[v][r][c] for (r,c) in b]) == 1,"" # The starting numbers are entered as constraints prob += choices["5"]["1"]["1"] == 1,"" prob += choices["6"]["2"]["1"] == 1,"" prob += choices["8"]["4"]["1"] == 1,"" prob += choices["4"]["5"]["1"] == 1,"" prob += choices["7"]["6"]["1"] == 1,"" prob += choices["3"]["1"]["2"] == 1,"" prob += choices["9"]["3"]["2"] == 1,"" prob += choices["6"]["7"]["2"] == 1,"" prob += choices["8"]["3"]["3"] == 1,"" prob += choices["1"]["2"]["4"] == 1,"" prob += choices["8"]["5"]["4"] == 1,"" prob += choices["4"]["8"]["4"] == 1,"" prob += choices["7"]["1"]["5"] == 1,"" prob += choices["9"]["2"]["5"] == 1,"" prob += choices["6"]["4"]["5"] == 1,"" prob += choices["2"]["6"]["5"] == 1,"" prob += choices["1"]["8"]["5"] == 1,"" prob += choices["8"]["9"]["5"] == 1,"" prob += choices["5"]["2"]["6"] == 1,"" prob += choices["3"]["5"]["6"] == 1,"" prob += choices["9"]["8"]["6"] == 1,"" prob += choices["2"]["7"]["7"] == 1,"" prob += choices["6"]["3"]["8"] == 1,"" prob += choices["8"]["7"]["8"] == 1,"" prob += choices["7"]["9"]["8"] == 1,"" prob += choices["3"]["4"]["9"] == 1,"" prob += choices["1"]["5"]["9"] == 1,"" prob += choices["6"]["6"]["9"] == 1,"" prob += choices["5"]["8"]["9"] == 1,"" # The problem data is written to an .lp file prob.writeLP("Sudoku.lp") # The problem is solved using PuLP's choice of Solver prob.solve() # The status of the solution is printed to the screen print "Status:", LpStatus[prob.status] # A file called sudokuout.txt is created/overwritten for writing to sudokuout = open('sudokuout.txt','w') # The solution is written to the sudokuout.txt file for r in Rows: if r == "1" or r == "4" or r == "7": sudokuout.write("+-------+-------+-------+\n") for c in Cols: for v in Vals: if value(choices[v][r][c])==1: if c == "1" or c == "4" or c =="7": sudokuout.write("| ") sudokuout.write(v + " ") if c == "9": sudokuout.write("|\n") sudokuout.write("+-------+-------+-------+") sudokuout.close() # The location of the solution is give to the user print "Solution Written to sudokuout.txt" print open("sudokuout.txt").read() prob """ The Sudoku Problem Formulation for the PuLP Modeller Authors: Antony Phillips, Dr Stuart Mitcehll """ # Import PuLP modeler functions from pulp import * # A list of strings from "1" to "9" is created Sequence = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"] # The Vals, Rows and Cols sequences all follow this form Vals = Sequence Rows = Sequence Cols = Sequence # The boxes list is created, with the row and column index of each square in each box Boxes =[] for i in range(3): for j in range(3): Boxes += [[(Rows[3*i+k],Cols[3*j+l]) for k in range(3) for l in range(3)]] # The prob variable is created to contain the problem data prob = LpProblem("Sudoku Problem",LpMinimize) # The problem variables are created choices = LpVariable.dicts("Choice",(Vals,Rows,Cols),0,1) # Minimum L1 norm #prob += lpSum([choices[v][r][c] for v in Vals for r in Rows for c in Cols]) prob += 0 # A constraint ensuring that only one value can be in each square is created for r in Rows: for c in Cols: prob += lpSum([choices[v][r][c] for v in Vals]) == 1, "" # The row, column and box constraints are added for each value for v in Vals: for r in Rows: prob += lpSum([choices[v][r][c] for c in Cols]) == 1,"" for c in Cols: prob += lpSum([choices[v][r][c] for r in Rows]) == 1,"" for b in Boxes: prob += lpSum([choices[v][r][c] for (r,c) in b]) == 1,"" # The starting numbers are entered as constraints prob += choices["5"]["1"]["1"] == 1,"" prob += choices["6"]["2"]["1"] == 1,"" prob += choices["8"]["4"]["1"] == 1,"" prob += choices["4"]["5"]["1"] == 1,"" prob += choices["7"]["6"]["1"] == 1,"" prob += choices["3"]["1"]["2"] == 1,"" prob += choices["9"]["3"]["2"] == 1,"" prob += choices["6"]["7"]["2"] == 1,"" prob += choices["8"]["3"]["3"] == 1,"" prob += choices["1"]["2"]["4"] == 1,"" prob += choices["8"]["5"]["4"] == 1,"" prob += choices["4"]["8"]["4"] == 1,"" prob += choices["7"]["1"]["5"] == 1,"" prob += choices["9"]["2"]["5"] == 1,"" prob += choices["6"]["4"]["5"] == 1,"" prob += choices["2"]["6"]["5"] == 1,"" prob += choices["1"]["8"]["5"] == 1,"" prob += choices["8"]["9"]["5"] == 1,"" prob += choices["5"]["2"]["6"] == 1,"" prob += choices["3"]["5"]["6"] == 1,"" prob += choices["9"]["8"]["6"] == 1,"" prob += choices["2"]["7"]["7"] == 1,"" prob += choices["6"]["3"]["8"] == 1,"" prob += choices["8"]["7"]["8"] == 1,"" prob += choices["7"]["9"]["8"] == 1,"" #prob += choices["3"]["4"]["9"] == 1,"" #prob += choices["1"]["5"]["9"] == 1,"" #prob += choices["6"]["6"]["9"] == 1,"" #prob += choices["5"]["8"]["9"] == 1,"" # The problem data is written to an .lp file prob.writeLP("Sudoku.lp") # The problem is solved using PuLP's choice of Solver prob.solve() # The status of the solution is printed to the screen print "Status:", LpStatus[prob.status] # A file called sudokuout.txt is created/overwritten for writing to sudokuout = open('sudokuout2.txt','w') # The solution is written to the sudokuout.txt file for r in Rows: if r == "1" or r == "4" or r == "7": sudokuout.write("+-------+-------+-------+\n") for c in Cols: for v in Vals: if value(choices[v][r][c])==1: if c == "1" or c == "4" or c =="7": sudokuout.write("| ") sudokuout.write(v + " ") if c == "9": sudokuout.write("|\n") sudokuout.write("+-------+-------+-------+") sudokuout.close() # The location of the solution is give to the user print "Solution Written to sudokuout2.txt" value(choices['2']['2']['1']) prob print open("sudokuout2.txt").read()