Solve Wordoku in C with Recursion

[wannawin]

Homework Statement

I'm fairly new to programming and I'm trying to write a program in C to solve wordoku (sudoku with letters) problems recursively, but I seem to be having some trouble with the recursion part of it.

The user enters in a string of characters which will make up the 9 allowable characters in the game. They then enter the 9 lines of the given puzzle, placing "#' in any blank spaces. In the end the solution is printed.

The Attempt at a Solution

Here is what I have done.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
bool chkRow(int i, int j, char c, char puzzle[][10])
{
	for(;j<9;j++)
		if(c==puzzle[i][j])
			return false;
	return true;
}

bool chkColumn(int i, int j, char c, char puzzle[][10])
{
	for(;i<9;i++)
		if(c==puzzle[i][j])
			return false;
	return true;
}

bool chkCell(int i, int j, char c, char puzzle[][10])
{
	int x=i-(i%3);
	int y=j-(j%3);
	for(i=x;i<x+3;i++)
		for(j=y;j<y+3;j++)
			if(c==puzzle[i][j])
				return false;
	return true;
}

void solver(char charBank[10], char puzzle[][10], int i, int j, int k)
{
	if(puzzle[i][j]=='#')	
	{
		char c=charBank[k];		

		if(i==9)
			for(i=0;i<9;i++)
			{
				printf("%s\n",puzzle[i]);	
			}
		if(chkRow(i, j, c, puzzle)
		&&chkColumn(i, j, c, puzzle)
		&&chkCell(i, j, c, puzzle))
		{
			puzzle[i][j]=c;
			if(j==8)
				solver(charBank, puzzle, i+1, 0, 0);
			else
				solver(charBank, puzzle, i, j+1, 0);	
		}
		else				
			solver(charBank, puzzle, i, j, k+1);
	}
	else if(j==8)
		solver(charBank, puzzle, i+1, 0, 0);
	else
		solver(charBank, puzzle, i, j+1, 0);
}

int main(void)
{
	int i=0,j=0,k=0;
	
	char charBank[10];
	gets(charBank);
	
	char puzzle[9][10];
	for(i=0;i<9;i++)
		gets(puzzle[i]);             
	printf("\n");
	                                 
	solver(charBank, puzzle, 0, 0, 0);
	return 0;
}

 

[Ahalp]

Lab 7, eh.

Please don't post your code for Labs online. You're giving anybody the chance to copy it, and posting it online is an academic offence. If I were you, I'd delete the code from here and try working at it again.

Losing 3 % of your mark isn't a big deal, losing 3 % of your mark AND getting an getting an academic offence is.