一、题目描述
Catch That Cow
Time Limit: 2000MS Memory Limit: 65536K
Total Submissions: 159339 Accepted: 48608
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?
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
4
Hint
The 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.
Source
USACO 2007 Open Silver
二、算法分析说明与代码编写指导
虽然这一题给的是一条一维的线段,但是仍然可以用 BFS 求解(本题求解花费的最短时间,把“时间”代入上述算法的“路径”)。
原来我脑抽在循环体内写的是:
a = std::max(0, q.front() - 1); b = std::min(100000, q.front() + 1); c = std::min(100000, 2 * q.front());
s = l[q.front()] + 1;
if (v[a] == 0) { l[a] = s; q.push(a); v[a] = 1; }
if (v[b] == 0) { l[b] = s; q.push(b); v[b] = 1; }
if (v[c] == 0) { l[c] = s; q.push(c); v[c] = 1; }
q.pop();
结果狂 WA 了很多发。跟别人的 AC 代码核对了很久才明白当超出范围的时候这样子写会在出界的时候把 0 或 100000 添加进去,从而给出错误结果。
三、AC 代码(16 ms)
#include<cstdio>
#include<queue>
#pragma warning(disable:4996)
int n, k, l[100001], a, b, c, s; std::queue<int> q;
int main() {
scanf("%d%d", &n, &k);
if (n >= k) { printf("%d\n", n - k); return 0; }
q.push(n);
while (q.empty() == false) {
a = q.front() - 1; b = q.front() + 1; c = 2 * q.front();
s = l[q.front()] + 1;
if (a >= 0 && l[a] == 0) { l[a] = s; q.push(a); }
if (b <= 100000 && l[b] == 0) { l[b] = s; q.push(b); }
if (c <= 100000 && l[c] == 0) { l[c] = s; q.push(c); }
q.pop();
}
printf("%d\n", l[k]);
return 0;
//}
}