A cool algorithm to check a Sudoku field?

Question

Does anyone know a simple algorithm to check if a Sudoku-Configuration is valid? The simplest algorithm I came up with is (for a board of size n) in Pseudocode

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Answer 1

Here is mine in C. Only pass each square once.

int checkSudoku(int board[]) {
  int i;
  int check[13] = { 0 };

  for (i = 0; i < 81; i++) {
    if (i % 9 == 0) {
      check[9] = 0;
      if (i % 27 == 0) {
        check[10] = 0;
        check[11] = 0;
        check[12] = 0;
      }
    }

    if (check[i % 9] & (1 << board[i])) {
      return 0;
    }
    check[i % 9] |= (1 << board[i]);

    if (check[9] & (1 << board[i])) {
      return 0;
    }
    check[9] |= (1 << board[i]);

    if (i % 9 < 3) {
      if (check[10] & (1 << board[i])) {
        return 0;
      }
      check[10] |= (1 << board[i]);
    } else if (i % 9 < 6) {
      if (check[11] & (1 << board[i])) {
        return 0;
      }
      check[11] |= (1 << board[i]);
    } else {
      if (check[12] & (1 << board[i])) {
        return 0;
      }
      check[12] |= (1 << board[i]);
    }
  }
}