I made the following function for my Sudoku solver but the answers keep turning out wrong (some of the numbers are showing as doubles right next to eachother). Can somebody help please?

void reduction_candidateLines(void)
{
    /*
     * declarations
     */
    //drives loop
    int k, j, x, y, z, t;

    //counts the number of possibilities. also used to keep track of array location
    int possibility_count;

    //keeps track of indexes
    int index1, index2;

    //contains most recent index that is true
    int value;

    //location of this true possibility
    int location[9];
    int xLoc[9];
    int jLoc[9];
    int yLoc[9];

    //row or column affected by square's contents
    int row, column;

    //y is cube shifter(each cube is the same index value + n * 3 away)
    for(y = 0; y < 21; ++y)
    {
        if(y >= 0 && y < 3 || y >= 9 && y < 12 || y >= 18 && y < 21)
        {
            //k is possibility
            for(k = 1; k < 10; ++k)
            {
                possibility_count = 0;
                jLoc[2] = 6;
                xLoc[2] = 6;
                location[2] = 0;
                //each cube uses 1, 2, 3 + n * 9
                for(x = 1; x < 4; ++x)
                {
                    for(j = 0; j < 3; ++j)
                    {
                        if(sudoku_possibilities[x + 9 * j + 3 * y][k] == true)
                        {
                            value = k;
                            location[possibility_count] = x + 9 * j + 3 * y;
                            xLoc[possibility_count] = x;
                            jLoc[possibility_count] = j;
                            yLoc[possibility_count] = y;
                            ++possibility_count;
                        }
                    }
                }
                //rule only possible if 3 or 2 possibilities
                if(possibility_count == 2 || possibility_count == 3)
                {
                    if(jLoc[0] == jLoc[1] && jLoc[1] == jLoc[2])
                    {
                        index1 = 0;
                        index2 = 1;
                    }
                    else if(jLoc[0] == jLoc[1])
                    {
                        index1 = 0;
                        index2 = 1;
                        location[2] = 0;
                    }
                    else if(jLoc[0] == jLoc[2])
                    {
                        index1 = 0;
                        index2 = 2;
                        location[1] = 0;
                    }
                    else if(jLoc[1] == jLoc[2])
                    {
                        index1 = 1;
                        index2 = 2;
                        location[0] = 0;
                    }
                    else if(xLoc[0] == xLoc[1] && xLoc[1] == xLoc[2])
                    {
                        index1 = 1;
                        index2 = 2;
                    }
                    else if(xLoc[0] == xLoc[1])
                    {
                        index1 = 0;
                        index2 = 1;
                        location[2] = 0;
                    }
                    else if(xLoc[0] == xLoc[2])
                    {
                        index1 = 0;
                        index2 = 2;
                        location[1] = 0;
                    }
                    else if(xLoc[1] == xLoc[2])
                    {
                        index1 = 1;
                        index2 = 2;
                        location[0] = 0;
                    }

                    if(jLoc[index1] == jLoc[index2])
                    {
                        if(yLoc[index1] < 3)
                        {
                            row = jLoc[index1] + 1;
                        }
                        else if(yLoc[index1] < 12)
                        {
                            row = jLoc[index1] + 4;
                        }
                        else//yLoc[index1] must be < 21
                        {
                            row = jLoc[index1] + 7;
                        }
                        for(t = 1; t < 10; ++t)
                        {
                            if((row - 1) * 9 + t != location[0] && (row - 1) * 9 + t != location[1] && (row - 1) * 9 + t != location[2])
                            {
                                sudoku_possibilities[(row - 1) * 9 + t][value] = false;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    /*else if(xLoc[index1] == xLoc[index2])
                    {
                        if(yLoc[index1] < 3)
                        {
                            column = jLoc[index1] + 1;
                        }
                        else if(yLoc[index1] < 12)
                        {
                            column = jLoc[index1] + 4;
                        }
                        else//yLoc[index1] must be < 21
                        {
                            column = jLoc[index1] + 7;
                        }
                        for(t = 1; t < 10; ++t)
                        {
                            if((t - 1) * 9 + column != location[0] && (t - 1) * 9 + column != location[1] && (t - 1) * 9 + column != location[2])
                            {
                                sudoku_possibilities[(t - 1) * 9 + column][value] = false;
                            }
                        }
                    }*/
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Well you cannot just dump some random code( in our perspective) and
ask for help without providing us no clue.


For a soduko solver, I think recursive backtracking is a ok candidate.
Google it. As for your solution, I have no idea what how it works so I
cannot help.

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