/// <summary> /// gets a sample solution, either solved or not /// </summary> /// <param name="solved"></param> /// <returns></returns> static Int16[,] getSolution(bool solved) { Int16[,] mySolution; if (solved) { mySolution = new Int16[9, 9] { { 5, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1, 2 }, { 6, 7, 2, 1, 9, 5, 3, 4, 8 }, { 1, 9, 8, 3, 4, 2, 5, 6, 7 }, { 8, 5, 9, 7, 6, 1, 4, 2, 3 }, { 4, 2, 6, 8, 5, 3, 7, 9, 1 }, { 7, 1, 3, 9, 2, 4, 8, 5, 6 }, { 9, 6, 1, 5, 3, 7, 2, 8, 4 }, { 2, 8, 7, 4, 1, 9, 6, 3, 5 }, { 3, 4, 5, 2, 8, 6, 1, 7, 9 } }; } else { Int16[] fullNumbSet = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }; mySolution = new Int16[9, 9]; for (Int16 x = 0; x < mySolution.GetUpperBound(0); x++) { for (Int16 y = 0; y < mySolution.GetUpperBound(1); y++) { mySolution[x, y] = fullNumbSet[x]; } } } return(mySolution); }