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  Consider this puzzle.  The puzzle statment in the input file is:

sudoku Pok Jour 060507 Five Dark Stars 000078040 000090700 503004100 700000420 004000800 098000001 001200305 007050000 05036000030 run end

a ... | .78 | .43 Pok Jour 060507 Five Dark Stars b ... | .93 | 7.. 17:53:44.604 060509 c 573 | 624 | 1.. Sig 023344457 223333556 223334447 ----+-----+---- Iteration counts 2 0 0 d 7.5 | ... | 42. <-- Blank cell count 49 e ..4 | ... | 8.. Nonblank cell count 164 f .98 | ... | ..1 | ----+-----+---- | g ..1 | 2.. | 3.5 V h ..7 | .5. | ... i .5. | 36. | ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .---------.---------.---------..---------.---------.---------..---------.---------.---------. a |12 6 9|12 6 | 2 6 9||1 5 | | || 2 56 9| | | a b |12 4 6 8 |12 4 6 8 | 2 6 ||1 5 | | || | 56 8 | 2 6 8 | b c | | | || | | || | 89| 89| c |---------+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------| d | |1 3 6 | ||1 89|1 3 8 |1 6 9|| | | 6 9| d e |123 6 |123 6 | ||1 5 7 9|1 3 |12 567 9|| | 3 567 9| 67 9| e f | 23 6 | | || 45 7 | 34 | 2 567 || 56 | 3 567 | | f |---------+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------| g | 4 6 89| 4 6 8 | || | 4 8 | 7 9|| | 6789| | g h | 234 6 89| 234 6 8 | ||1 4 89| |1 9|| 2 6 9|1 6 89| 2 4 6 89| h i | 2 4 89| | 2 9|| | |1 7 9|| 2 9|1 789| 2 4 789| i '---------'---------'---------''---------'---------'---------''---------'---------'---------' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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