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Valid Sudoku

Problem statement

Determine if a 9 x 9 Sudoku board is valid. Only the filled cells need to be validated according to the following rules:

  1. Each row must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.
  2. Each column must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.
  3. Each of the nine 3 x 3 sub-boxes of the grid must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.

Note:

  • A Sudoku board (partially filled) could be valid but is not necessarily solvable.
  • Only the filled cells need to be validated according to the mentioned rules.

Example 1:

Input: board = [["5","3",".",".","7",".",".",".","."],["6",".",".","1","9","5",".",".","."],[".","9","8",".",".",".",".","6","."],["8",".",".",".","6",".",".",".","3"],["4",".",".","8",".","3",".",".","1"],["7",".",".",".","2",".",".",".","6"],[".","6",".",".",".",".","2","8","."],[".",".",".","4","1","9",".",".","5"],[".",".",".",".","8",".",".","7","9"]]Output: true

Example 2:

Input: board = [["8","3",".",".","7",".",".",".","."],["6",".",".","1","9","5",".",".","."],[".","9","8",".",".",".",".","6","."],["8",".",".",".","6",".",".",".","3"],["4",".",".","8",".","3",".",".","1"],["7",".",".",".","2",".",".",".","6"],[".","6",".",".",".",".","2","8","."],[".",".",".","4","1","9",".",".","5"],[".",".",".",".","8",".",".","7","9"]]Output: falseExplanation: Same as Example 1, except with the 5 in the top left corner being modified to 8. Since there are two 8's in the top left 3x3 sub-box, it is invalid.

Constraints:

  • board.length == 9
  • board[i].length == 9
  • board[i][j] is a digit 1-9 or '.'.

My solution

/**
* @param {character[][]} board
* @return {boolean}
*/
var isValidSudoku = function(board) {
const memo = new Set();
for (let i = 0; i < board.length; i++) {
for (let j = 0; j < board[0].length; j++) {
const value = board[i][j];

if (value === ".") {
continue;
}

const boxNum = 3 * Math.floor(i/3) + Math.floor(j/3)

let inRow = `row: ${i}, value: ${value}`;
let inCol = `col: ${j}, value: ${value}`;
let inSubBox = `subBox: ${boxNum}, value: ${value}`;

if (memo.has(inRow) || memo.has(inCol) || memo.has(inSubBox)) {
return false;
}

memo.add(inRow)
memo.add(inCol)
memo.add(inSubBox)

}
}

return true;
};