I - Catch That Cow
Farmer John has been informed of the location of a fugitive cow and wants to catch her immediately. He starts at a pointN (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 orX+ 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?
Line 1: Two space-separated integers:
N and
K
Line 1: The least amount of time, in minutes, it takes for Farmer John to catch the fugitive cow.
5 17
4
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.
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cmath>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <vector>
#include <queue>
#include <stack>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#define LL long long
#define INF 0x3f3f3f3f
#define mem(a, b) memset(a, b, sizeof(a))
#define PI 3.1415926
using namespace std;
const int N = 199999;
using namespace std;
int vis[N], d[N];
queue<int> que;
int bfs(int n, int k)
{
d[n] = 0;
vis[n] = 1;
que.push(n);
while(!que.empty())
{
int p = que.front();
que.pop();
if(p == k)
{
return d[k];
}
if(2 * p < N && !vis[2 * p])
{
vis[2 * p] = 1;
d[2 * p] = d[p] + 1;
que.push(2 * p);
}
if(p - 1 >= 0 && !vis[p - 1])
{
vis[p - 1] = 1;
d[p - 1] = d[p] + 1;
que.push(p - 1);
}
if(p + 1 < N && !vis[p + 1])
{
vis[p + 1] = 1;
d[p + 1] = d[p] + 1;
que.push(p + 1);
}
}
}
int main()
{
int n, k;
while(scanf("%d%d", &n, &k) != EOF)
{
memset(vis, 0, sizeof(vis));
memset(d, -1, sizeof(d));
while(!que.empty()) que.pop();
printf("%d\n", bfs(n, k));
}
return 0;
}