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daj95376
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 Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:45 am Post subject: |
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This should work with any Vanhegan puzzle.
Select the HTML version of the puzzle and then scan the HTML source, you'll find a line like this near the end:
| Quote: | saveState( "clues", "-6---9----9524--86--85-691-8-9---62--3-----9--41---7-5-871-52--45--2816----9---5-" );
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nataraj should be able to update his formatter so you can copy & paste the clues. |
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ttt
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:57 am Post subject: |
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| storm_norm wrote: | the easiest way I know how to export the Vangegan puzzles is via Sudocue
sudocue finds the current daily puzzles posted on vangegan's site
and you can access them from sudocue's "file" menu
- OPEN WWW
-playr.co.uk
- then pick your difficulty level.
hopefully that was helpful. |
Wow, I didn't know this before... Thank you very much!
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nataraj
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| daj95376 wrote: | This should work with any Vanhegan puzzle.
Select the HTML version of the puzzle and then scan the HTML source, you'll find a line like this near the end:
| Quote: | saveState( "clues", "-6---9----9524--86--85-691-8-9---62--3-----9--41---7-5-871-52--45--2816----9---5-" );
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nataraj should be able to update his formatter so you can copy & paste the clues. |
That is a very simple and useful way to get at the data of those Vanhegans. Good idea, thanks, Danny!
I updated my program at nataraj.0catch.com - it should accept that source line now.
Nataraj |
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Pat
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| nataraj wrote: |
I've found a way to import puzzles from Menneske---The clues are separated by tabs
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not today
each cell ( whether space or clue )
is followed by one space ( no tabs )
-- making 18-character lines
at least, that's what i get from Internet Explorer 8 |
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daj95376
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:02 am Post subject: |
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| Pat wrote: | | nataraj wrote: |
I've found a way to import puzzles from Menneske---The clues are separated by tabs
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not today
each cell ( whether space or clue )
is followed by one space ( no tabs )
-- making 18-character lines
at least, that's what i get from Internet Explorer 8 |
When I copy the table to my editor, there are tabs present ... and one other non-graphic character. I had my editor convert the latter character to a period. Here's an example.
| Code: | .. .. 8 7 .. 3 5 .. .
.. .. 5 .. 2 .. 1 .. .
3 .. .. 1 .. 5 .. .. 6
7 .. 3 .. 1 .. 6 .. 9
.. 2 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .
5 .. 1 .. 3 .. 7 .. 2
1 .. .. 2 .. 8 .. .. 3
.. .. 4 .. 7 .. 9 .. .
.. .. 6 9 .. 4 2 .. .
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The tab characters are converted to spaces when I copy from my editor to the [ code ] field.
Regards, Danny |
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Pat
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:17 am Post subject: |
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yes, i found a way to do it in 2 stages --
paste into Excel
then copy from Excel and
paste this into Nataraj's tool
( Excel provides the tabs ) |
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Marty R.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:17 am Post subject: |
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| daj95376 wrote: | This should work with any Vanhegan puzzle.
Select the HTML version of the puzzle and then scan the HTML source, you'll find a line like this near the end:
| Quote: | saveState( "clues", "-6---9----9524--86--85-691-8-9---62--3-----9--41---7-5-871-52--45--2816----9---5-" );
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nataraj should be able to update his formatter so you can copy & paste the clues. |
Danny, I clicked on the HTML version but don't know what to do next. I have no idea of what "scan the HTML source" means or how I'd do it. |
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Pat
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:03 am Post subject: re: puzzles from Gaby Vanhegan |
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| Marty R. wrote: | | I clicked on the HTML version but don't know what to do next -- I have no idea of what "scan the HTML source" means |
- menu -- View -- Source
- now, find line saying saveState etc
- copy that entire line, and paste it into Nataraj's tool
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Marty R.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Doesn't work for me. Does this work with Firefox? I click View and there's nothing that says Source. Don't worry, it's not a big deal. Thanks. |
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daj95376
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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In Firefox, use ctrl+U to see the HTML page source.
It will open a separate window. After you've copied the puzzle information to the clipboard, close this window to return to the originating Firefox window. |
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Marty R.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks, that did it. I was right-clicking on the print-ready puzzle and clicking the Page Source there. I got a similar window but couldn't find the puzzle string in that window. |
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keith
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| keith wrote: | Nataraj,
Did you ever solve the VanHegan puzzle format? I can see what it is, but it is not 9 rows of 9 digits each.
Anyone,
Can you export a text version of a VanHegan puzzle to another solver?
Keith |
For the VanHegan puzzles at
http://www.playr.co.uk/sudoku/index.php
Display a puzzle. Go to (in Mozilla Firefox) "tools ... web developer ... page source".
Scroll down. You will find an 81-character string for the puzzle in a couple of places. Copy that string and paste it into Nataraj' puzzle formatter.
Click "Format" etc.
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Pat
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| Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:29 am Post subject: HSF (Helmut's Sudoku Formatter) |
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the old tool atnataraj.0catch.com/fmtsudoku.htm has been replaced by
(announced at t=6910) |
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