Catch That Cow | ||||||
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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 If the cow, unaware of its pursuit, does not move at all, how long does it take for Farmer John to retrieve it? | ||||||
Input | ||||||
For each test case : Line 1: Two space-separated integers: N and K Process to the end of file. | ||||||
Output | ||||||
For each test case : 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 |
#include<stdio.h>
#include<queue>
#include<string.h>
using namespace std;
int m,n;
int vis[200005];
int bfs(int a)
{
queue<int>s;
s.push(a);
vis[a] = 1;
while(!s.empty())
{
int a1 = s.front();
s.pop();
if( a1 == n )
{
return vis[a1]-1;
}
for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
int a2;
if(i == 0)
a2 = a1 + 1;
if(i == 1)
a2 = a1 - 1;
if(i == 2)
a2 = 2*a1;
if(a2 >= 0&&a2 < 200000&&!vis[a2])
{
vis[a2] = vis[a1]+1;
s.push(a2);
}
}
}
}
int main()
{
while(~scanf("%d%d",&m,&n))
{
memset(vis,0,sizeof(vis));
printf("%d\n",bfs(m));
}
}