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ALCATRAZ4 - THE SHORTEST PATH |
You are given a 2D grid with each cell containing a letter, you have to start at any point and move either up, down, left and right to create the word "ALCATRAZ" by picking up letters in order. After choosing a letter, it gets removed and leaves the cell empty. You have to determine the minimum number of moves needed to do so.
Input
2 space separated integers N, M (number of rows and columns respectively.)
1 <= N, M <= 500
Then next N lines gives the details of the maze.
Output
The shortest path as described in the above problem.
Print "IMPOSSIBLE" (without quotes) if you can't make that word.
Example
Input: 4 5 AZCLT AARAL SJATC LARAZ Output: 9
Path is as follows: 2,4 → 2,5 → 3,5 → 3,4 → 3,3 → 3,4 → 4,4 → 4,3 → 4,4 → 4,5
Added by: | Alcatraz |
Date: | 2017-06-14 |
Time limit: | 1s |
Source limit: | 50000B |
Memory limit: | 1536MB |
Cluster: | Cube (Intel G860) |
Languages: | All |
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2017-08-24 14:42:12
Loved it... GG ALCATRAZ Re : How did you know that I'm a gamer ? -> Re: Well, I guess that I have pulled a hypothesis that most of the coders are also gamers?? hahaha lucky guess - - >Re: Haha true that XD!!! Last edit: 2018-05-08 21:30:27 |
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2017-06-15 21:35:09 Vipul Srivastava
how can we get 'L' after 'A' in Blue.Mary's test case? Re :- move down then right :) Last edit: 2017-06-16 09:29:20 |
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2017-06-15 16:38:26 [Rampage] Blue.Mary
What's the answer for this test case: 8 8 AUUUUUUU UAUUUUUU UUAUUUUU UUULUUUU UUUUCUUU UUUUUTUU UUUUUURU UUUUUUUZ BTW, please make sure your test cases are right. Re : 42 . Test cases were confirmed again . Last edit: 2017-06-15 18:23:14 |
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2017-06-15 07:51:57 Vipul Srivastava
in what directions can he traverse? Re : Read the problem statement again . sorry for inconvenience Last edit: 2017-06-15 18:24:04 |