Manual

For additional information, you can read our Hitori Solver thesis, which can be found in the download section.

1. Loading a Hitori matrix

To load a Hitori matrix you simply click on Menu, Load Playfield, select a file containing the matrix, and finally click Open. The Hitori Solver only accepts matrices in a special format, so if you want to import your own Hitori matrix, you will have to create a file which meets this format conditions. Fortunately it is very easy to create such a file, a short "HOW TO" you can find at section 2.

2. Creating a Hitori matrix

If you want to create your own Hitori matrix, create a plain text file and write the coefficients down using the same format as shown in Hitori_matrix_example.txt. Each line in the file must contain all numbers in a row of the matrix, separated by spaces. The coefficients must be non-negative integers.

Hitori_matrix_example.txt

1 2 4 3 5
2 1 2 5 4
5 4 1 4 3
3 5 5 2 1
4 4 3 4 2

3. Playing Hitori

The Hitori Solver lets you also play your loaded Hitori matrix. You can paint cells with your left mousebutton. The right mousebutton will set cells to unpaintable (circle). To toggle the states simply click on the cells again.

4. Using the Editor

If no Hitori field is loaded create a template. Then put the cursor in the Editor text field and press the arrow keys to navigate through the cells. To change a number simply enter a new value in the Editor text field.