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Victor · Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 207 Location: NI

M4848401 (85)

{Edited by Keith to correct the grid}

storm_norm · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 1741

victor, please check the validity of the puzzle, thanx

Norm

Marty R. · Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject:

storm_norm · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 1741

keith · Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject:

The "correct" puzzle is, I think, very tough. The originally posted puzzle is invalid (it has no solution).

So, should I delete the thread? Or, should I edit it to put the correct puzzle up front?

Keith

Marty R. · Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:26 am Post subject:

I linked to the original puzzle and Norm posted the corrected version. It took awhile, but ERs were the key. I played three or four of them, then after eliminating what I could, went back and played a few more for a total of seven. Then a W-Wing with pincer coloring finished it off.

A fun puzzle.

Victor · Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 207 Location: NI

Really sorry about the typo - pure carelessness in manual transcription. I work only on paper, and so have never bothered to find a way of reading from the screen of a program that doesn't have an export facility. SO, a small technical question: is there a program smart enough to translate (say) a Menneske screen into a digit string?

keith · Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject:

On the Menneske page (or their print page) you can highlight and copy the digits of the puzzle.

I then paste them into Sudoku Susser, which handles them fine, except if the first line is blank.

You can also paste them into Notepad, but there are some special characters (tabs?) that you cannot see and which mess up the formatting.

I am now using Open Office. I have yet to figure out how to find/replace special characters like I used to do with Word.

Best wishes,

Keith

ravel · Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 536

Under linux i use my own program, that can read and format puzzles and grids in various formats. But at least an older version of Sudoku Susser also had worked.
Under windows i use Angus' SimpleSudoku. You can paste and copy both puzzles and grids.

Victor · Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 207 Location: NI

Thanks guys. No success yet! When I copy & paste into Word, it just says that all non-numerical characters are bog-standard spaces: since that includes both empty cells & separators, it would be a nightmare to format. Tried in Simple Sudoku, but it can't make sense of it either. I tried to download Sudoku Susser but made some mistake with unzipping the file - I'll try again later. Anyway, thanks again.

(Keith, I was slightly puzzled when you remarked that this was very tough. I did find it fairly difficult but, having noticed in the past that some people can solve in half an hour a puzzle that takes me half a day, I assumed it was OK. I tried it again, and noticed that the key to my success lay in doing a UR elimination early on. That was the subject of a thread a few weeks ago, and indeed seems quite common.)