/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SudokuGene"/> class.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="gene">The gene.</param>
public SudokuGene(SudokuGene gene)
{
for (var i = 0; i < 9; ++i)
{
Columns[i] = gene.Columns[i];
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Calculate the score for a row.
/// The score simply is the number of unique values used in a row
/// </summary>
/// <param name="gene">The gene.</param>
/// <returns>the score (higher=better)</returns>
private int RowScore(SudokuGene gene)
{
var uniqueValues = 0;
var used = new bool[10];
for (var col = 0; col < 9; ++col)
{
var val = gene.Columns[col];
if (used[val])
{
continue;
}
used[val] = true;
uniqueValues++;
}
return(uniqueValues);
}