Sorting It All Out
Time Limit: 1000MS | Memory Limit: 10000K | |
Total Submissions: 38571 | Accepted: 13588 |
Description
An ascending sorted sequence of distinct values is one in which some form of a less-than operator is used to order the elements from smallest to largest. For example, the sorted sequence A, B, C, D implies that A < B, B < C and C < D. in this problem, we will give you a set of relations of the form A < B and ask you to determine whether a sorted order has been specified or not.
Input
Input consists of multiple problem instances. Each instance starts with a line containing two positive integers n and m. the first value indicated the number of objects to sort, where 2 <= n <= 26. The objects to be sorted will be the first n characters of the uppercase alphabet. The second value m indicates the number of relations of the form A < B which will be given in this problem instance. Next will be m lines, each containing one such relation consisting of three characters: an uppercase letter, the character "<" and a second uppercase letter. No letter will be outside the range of the first n letters of the alphabet. Values of n = m = 0 indicate end of input.
Output
For each problem instance, output consists of one line. This line should be one of the following three:
Sorted sequence determined after xxx relations: yyy...y.
Sorted sequence cannot be determined.
Inconsistency found after xxx relations.
where xxx is the number of relations processed at the time either a sorted sequence is determined or an inconsistency is found, whichever comes first, and yyy...y is the sorted, ascending sequence.
Sample Input
4 6 A<B A<C B<C C<D B<D A<B 3 2 A<B B<A 26 1 A<Z 0 0
Sample Output
Sorted sequence determined after 4 relations: ABCD. Inconsistency found after 2 relations. Sorted sequence cannot be determined.
#include<cstdio>
#include<cstring>
#include<vector>
using namespace std;
int n, m;
int pre[30];
char ans[30];
int Pre[30];
vector <int> V[30];
int top(){
int flag = 3;
memcpy(Pre, pre, sizeof Pre);
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
int pos, cnt = 0;
for(int j = 0; j < n; j++) if(Pre[j] == 0) cnt++, pos = j;
if(cnt == 0) return 1;
if(cnt > 1) flag = 2;
Pre[pos] = -1;
ans[i] = pos + 65;
for(int j = 0; j < V[pos].size(); j++) Pre[V[pos][j]]--;
}
return flag;
}
int main(){
while(scanf("%d%d", &n, &m) != EOF && n && m){
int ed = 0, flag;
int step;
memset(ans, 0, sizeof ans);
memset(pre, 0, sizeof pre);
for(int i = 0; i < 30; i++)
V[i].clear();
for(int i = 1; i <= m; i++){
char a[10];
scanf("%s", a);
if(ed) continue;
pre[a[2] - 65]++;
V[a[0] - 65].push_back(a[2] - 65);
flag = top();
if(flag == 1 || flag == 3) step = i, ed = 1;
}
if(flag == 1)
printf("Inconsistency found after %d relations.\n", step);
else if(flag == 2)
printf("Sorted sequence cannot be determined.\n");
else
printf("Sorted sequence determined after %d relations: %s.\n", step, ans);
}
return 0;
}