Tatebo-Yokobo
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Tatebo-Yokobo is a binary determination logic puzzle
Logic puzzle
A logic puzzle is a puzzle deriving from the mathematics field of deduction.-History:The logic puzzle was first produced by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who is better known under his pen name Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...

 published by Nikoli
Nikoli
Nikoli Co., Ltd. is a Japanese publisher that specializes in games and, especially, logic puzzles. Nikoli is also the nickname of a quarterly magazine issued by the company...


Rules

Tatebo-Yokobo is played on a rectangular grid containing both shaded and unshaded cells. All of the shaded cells contain a number, while only some of the unshaded cells do.

The shaded cell numbers denote the number of horizontal or vertical lines extending from that cell.

Unshaded cell numbers denote the length of a vertical or horizontal line extending through that cell.

The object of the puzzle is to place a vertical or horizontal line in every unshaded cell, passing though the center of that cell, such that the numbers correctly describe the lines used.

Solution methods

The system used for the shaded cell numbers shares qualities with Hashiwokakero
Hashiwokakero
Hashiwokakero is a type of logic puzzle published by Nikoli. It has also been published in English under the name Bridges or Chopsticks...

, and so solutions for them are quite similar.
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