Catch That Cow
Time Limit: 5000/2000 MS (Java/Others) Memory Limit: 32768/32768 K (Java/Others)
Total Submission(s): 7147 Accepted Submission(s): 2254
Problem Description
Farmer John has been informed of the location of a fugitive cow and wants to catch her immediately. He starts at a point N (0 ≤ N ≤ 100,000) on a number line and the cow is at a point K (0 ≤ K ≤ 100,000) on the same number line. Farmer
John has two modes of transportation: walking and teleporting.
* Walking: FJ can move from any point X to the points X - 1 or X + 1 in a single minute
* Teleporting: FJ can move from any point X to the point 2 × X in a single minute.
If the cow, unaware of its pursuit, does not move at all, how long does it take for Farmer John to retrieve it?
* Walking: FJ can move from any point X to the points X - 1 or X + 1 in a single minute
* Teleporting: FJ can move from any point X to the point 2 × X in a single minute.
If the cow, unaware of its pursuit, does not move at all, how long does it take for Farmer John to retrieve it?
Input
Line 1: Two space-separated integers: N and K
Output
Line 1: The least amount of time, in minutes, it takes for Farmer John to catch the fugitive cow.
Sample Input
5 17
Sample Output
4HintThe fastest way for Farmer John to reach the fugitive cow is to move along the following path: 5-10-9-18-17, which takes 4 minutes.
#include <stdio.h> #include <queue> #include <string.h> #define maxn 100002 using std::queue; struct Node{ int pos, step; }; bool vis[maxn]; void move(Node& tmp, int i) { if(i == 0) --tmp.pos; else if(i == 1) ++tmp.pos; else tmp.pos <<= 1; } bool check(int pos) { return pos >= 0 && pos < maxn && !vis[pos]; } int BFS(int n, int m) { if(n == m) return 0; memset(vis, 0, sizeof(vis)); queue<Node> Q; Node now, tmp; now.pos = n; now.step = 0; Q.push(now); vis[n] = 1; while(!Q.empty()){ now = Q.front(); Q.pop(); for(int i = 0; i < 3; ++i){ tmp = now; move(tmp, i); if(check(tmp.pos)){ ++tmp.step; if(tmp.pos == m) return tmp.step; vis[tmp.pos] = 1; Q.push(tmp); } } } } int main() { int n, m; while(scanf("%d%d", &n, &m) == 2){ printf("%d ", BFS(n, m)); } return 0; }