{"id":6334,"date":"2013-10-07T16:33:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T16:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=6334"},"modified":"2013-10-07T16:33:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T16:33:02","slug":"create-a-sudoku-solver-using-a-raspberrypi-python-and-pygame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6334","title":{"rendered":"Create a Sudoku Solver using a #RaspberryPi, Python and Pygame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trevorappleton.blogspot.co.uk\/2013\/10\/guide-to-creating-sudoku-solver-using.html\"><img src='\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/SudokuSolver_Step31.png' alt='Trevor Appleton: Guide to Creating a Sudoku Solver using Python and Pygame' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trevor Appleton has written an extensive post (and I mean\u00a0<em>extensive)<\/em> about this programming problem. 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