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
Code
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <queue>
using namespace std;
const int MAX_N=2e5;
int vis[MAX_N]={0};
//int vis[MAX_N][MAX_N][MAX_N]={0,0};
struct node{
int data;
int step;
node(int i=0,int j=0){
data=i;
step=j;
}
};
int bfs(int n, int k){
node s = node(n,0);
queue<node> q;
q.push(s);
vis[n]=1;
while(!q.empty()){
node tmp = q.front();
q.pop();
if(tmp.data == k) return tmp.step;
if(tmp.data-1>=0&&!vis[tmp.data-1]){
vis[tmp.data-1]=1;
q.push(node(tmp.data-1,tmp.step+1));
}
if(tmp.data+1<MAX_N&&!vis[tmp.data+1]){
vis[tmp.data+1]=1;
q.push(node(tmp.data+1,tmp.step+1));
}
if(tmp.data*2<MAX_N&&!vis[tmp.data*2]){
vis[tmp.data+1]=1;
q.push(node(tmp.data*2,tmp.step+1));
}
}
return -1;
}
int main() {
//freopen("/Users/guoyu/Desktop/algorithm/in.txt", "r", stdin);
int n,k;
cin>>n>>k;
int ans = bfs(n,k);
cout<<ans<<endl;
return 0;
}