CSLIKAR - Slikar
The evil emperor Cactus has in his possession the Magic Keg and has flooded the Enchanted Forest! The Painter and the three little hedgehogs now have to return to the Beaver's den where they will be safe from the water as quickly as possible!
The map of the Enchanted Forest consists of R rows and C columns. Empty fields are represented by '.' characters, flooded fields by '*' and rocks by 'X'. Additionally, the Beaver's den is represented by 'D' and the Painter and the three little hedgehogs are shown as 'S'.
Every minute the Painter and the three little hedgehogs can move to 4 neighbouring fields (up, down, left or right). Every minute the flood expands as well so that all empty fields that have at least one common side with a flooded field become flooded as well. Neither water nor the Painter and the three little hedgehogs can pass through rocks. Naturally, the Painter and the three little hedgehogs cannot pass through flooded fields, and water cannot flood the Beaver's den.
Write a program that will, given a map of the Enchanted Forest, output the shortest time needed for the Painter and the three little hedgehogs to safely reach the Beaver's den.
Note: The Painter and the three little hedgehogs cannot move into a field that is about to be flooded (in the same minute).
Input
The first line of input will contain two integers, R and C, smaller than or equal to 50. The following R lines will each contain C characters ('.', '*', 'X', 'D' or 'S'). The map will contain exactly one 'D' character and exactly one 'S' character
Output
Output the shortest possible time needed for the Painter and the three little hedgehogs to safely reach the Beaver's den. If this is impossible output the word “KAKTUS” on a line by itself.
Example
Input: 3 6 D...*. .X.X.. ....S. Output: 6
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albino_spoj:
2022-03-09 20:20:33
Note: "The map will contain exactly one 'D' character and exactly one 'S' character", not necessarily exactly one '*' |
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dark_lord1:
2015-11-09 00:10:58
Algorithm was easy to think but coding the algorithm took time..Easy Algorithm |
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(Tjandra Satria Gunawan)(曾毅昆):
2013-01-07 01:34:48
@Buda IM: Sorry, but I think that's not hint because it's too general ;-) |
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Buda IM (retired):
2013-01-07 00:51:24
please yet again, read the notes below, no hints in comment section, we have forums for that |
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(Tjandra Satria Gunawan)(曾毅昆):
2013-01-05 17:09:45
HIDDEN BECAUSE OF HINT Last edit: 2013-03-05 02:28:38 |
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Archit Mittal:
2013-01-01 04:32:14
nice problem... |
Added by: | Erik Lončarek |
Date: | 2012-12-27 |
Time limit: | 0.100s |
Source limit: | 50000B |
Memory limit: | 1536MB |
Cluster: | Cube (Intel G860) |
Languages: | All |
Resource: | COCI |