<p>Write a program to solve a Sudoku puzzle by filling the empty cells.</p>

<p>A sudoku solution must satisfy <strong>all of the following rules</strong>:</p>

<ol>
	<li>Each of the digits <code>1-9</code> must occur exactly once in each row.</li>
	<li>Each of the digits <code>1-9</code> must occur exactly once in each column.</li>
	<li>Each of the digits <code>1-9</code> must occur exactly once in each of the 9 <code>3x3</code> sub-boxes of the grid.</li>
</ol>

<p>The <code>&#39;.&#39;</code> character indicates empty cells.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Sudoku-by-L2G-20050714.svg/250px-Sudoku-by-L2G-20050714.svg.png" style="height:250px; width:250px" />
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<strong>Input:</strong> board = [[&quot;5&quot;,&quot;3&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;7&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;],[&quot;6&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;9&quot;,&quot;5&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;],[&quot;.&quot;,&quot;9&quot;,&quot;8&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;6&quot;,&quot;.&quot;],[&quot;8&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;6&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;3&quot;],[&quot;4&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;8&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;3&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;1&quot;],[&quot;7&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;2&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;6&quot;],[&quot;.&quot;,&quot;6&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;2&quot;,&quot;8&quot;,&quot;.&quot;],[&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;4&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;9&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;5&quot;],[&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;8&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;.&quot;,&quot;7&quot;,&quot;9&quot;]]
<strong>Output:</strong> [[&quot;5&quot;,&quot;3&quot;,&quot;4&quot;,&quot;6&quot;,&quot;7&quot;,&quot;8&quot;,&quot;9&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;2&quot;],[&quot;6&quot;,&quot;7&quot;,&quot;2&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;9&quot;,&quot;5&quot;,&quot;3&quot;,&quot;4&quot;,&quot;8&quot;],[&quot;1&quot;,&quot;9&quot;,&quot;8&quot;,&quot;3&quot;,&quot;4&quot;,&quot;2&quot;,&quot;5&quot;,&quot;6&quot;,&quot;7&quot;],[&quot;8&quot;,&quot;5&quot;,&quot;9&quot;,&quot;7&quot;,&quot;6&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;4&quot;,&quot;2&quot;,&quot;3&quot;],[&quot;4&quot;,&quot;2&quot;,&quot;6&quot;,&quot;8&quot;,&quot;5&quot;,&quot;3&quot;,&quot;7&quot;,&quot;9&quot;,&quot;1&quot;],[&quot;7&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;3&quot;,&quot;9&quot;,&quot;2&quot;,&quot;4&quot;,&quot;8&quot;,&quot;5&quot;,&quot;6&quot;],[&quot;9&quot;,&quot;6&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;5&quot;,&quot;3&quot;,&quot;7&quot;,&quot;2&quot;,&quot;8&quot;,&quot;4&quot;],[&quot;2&quot;,&quot;8&quot;,&quot;7&quot;,&quot;4&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;9&quot;,&quot;6&quot;,&quot;3&quot;,&quot;5&quot;],[&quot;3&quot;,&quot;4&quot;,&quot;5&quot;,&quot;2&quot;,&quot;8&quot;,&quot;6&quot;,&quot;1&quot;,&quot;7&quot;,&quot;9&quot;]]
<strong>Explanation:</strong>&nbsp;The input board is shown above and the only valid solution is shown below:

<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sudoku-by-L2G-20050714_solution.svg/250px-Sudoku-by-L2G-20050714_solution.svg.png" style="height:250px; width:250px" />
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>board.length == 9</code></li>
	<li><code>board[i].length == 9</code></li>
	<li><code>board[i][j]</code> is a digit or <code>&#39;.&#39;</code>.</li>
	<li>It is <strong>guaranteed</strong> that the input board has only one solution.</li>
</ul>

class Solution:
    def solveSudoku(self, board: List[List[str]]) -> None:
        
        def is_valid(x, y, val):
            for i in range(9):
                if board[x][i] == val or board[i][y] == val:
                    return False
            
            start_x, start_y = 3 * (x // 3), 3 * (y // 3)
            for i in range(3):
                for j in range(3):
                    if board[start_x + i][start_y + j] == val:
                        return False
            
            return True

        def backtrack():
            for i in range(9):
                for j in range(9):
                    if board[i][j] == ".":
                        for num in "123456789":
                            if is_valid(i, j, num):
                                board[i][j] = num
                                if backtrack():
                                    return True
                                board[i][j] = "."
                        return False
                    
            return True
        
        backtrack()



        
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