Sudoku shizzle

gistfile1.rb

board =       [
 [0,9,6,0,4,0,0,0,1], 
 [1,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,4],
 [5,0,4,8,1,0,3,9,0],
 [0,0,7,9,5,0,0,4,3],
 [0,3,0,0,8,0,0,0,0],
 [4,0,5,0,2,3,0,1,8],
 [0,1,0,6,3,0,0,5,9],
 [0,5,9,0,7,0,8,3,0],
 [0,0,3,5,9,0,0,0,7]]

#columns = Array.new(9) {Array.new(9) {0}}
#squares = Array.new(9) #{Array.new(3) {}} #{Array.new(3) {0}}}


def build_columns(board)
  columns = Array.new(9) {Array.new(9) {0}}
  (0..8).each do |row|
    numbers = []
    (0..8).each do |col|
      numbers << board[col][row]
    end
    columns[row] = numbers
  end
  columns
end

columns = build_columns(board)
columns


ranges = [
  [0..2, 0..2],
  [0..2, 3..5],
  [0..2, 6..8],
  [3..5, 0..2],
  [3..5, 3..5],
  [3..5, 6..8],
  [6..8, 0..2],
  [6..8, 3..5],
  [6..8, 6..8]
]

def square_builder(board, ranges)
  squares = Array.new(9)
  board.each_with_index do |row, index|
    square_holder = []
    for x in ranges[index][0]
      for y in ranges[index][1]
        square_holder << board[x][y]
      end
    end
    squares[index] = square_holder
  end
  return squares
end

squares = square_builder(board, ranges)

def checker(numbers)
  winning_numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  numbers.sort == winning_numbers
end

squares.each do |square|
  puts checker(square)
end

squares.length
squares[0]