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pencil-puzzles for Python

Generate, solve, rate and check pencil puzzles such as sudoku and nurikabe. Generated puzzles have exactly one solution and a difficulty from easy to expert, set by the hardest solving technique they need.

Requires CPython 3.10 or newer on Windows, macOS or Linux:

pip install pencil-puzzles
import pencil_puzzles as pp

g = pp.generate("sudoku", difficulty="hard")
print(g.puzzle)
print(g.rating.level, g.rating.techniques)

assert pp.solve(g.puzzle) == g.solution
print(pp.hint(g.puzzle))  # the first step a solver would take

Documentation: quickstart, user guide, API reference and genres. Source and issues are on GitHub.

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