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MLASERP - Laser Phones |
English | Vietnamese |
The cows have a new laser-based system so they can have casual conversations while out in the pasture which is modelled as a W × H grid of points (1 <= W <= 100; 1 <= H <= 100).
The system requires a sort of line-of-sight connectivity in order to sustain communication. The pasture, of course, has rocks and trees that disrupt the communication but the cows have purchased diagonal mirrors ('/' and '\' below) that deflect the laser beam through a 90 degree turn. Below is a map that illustrates the problem.
H is 8 and W is 7 for this map. The two communicating cows are notated as 'C's; rocks and other blocking elements are notated as '*'s:
7 . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . C 6 . . . . . /-C 5 . . . . . . * 5 . . . . . | * 4 * * * * * . * 4 * * * * * | * 3 . . . . * . . 3 . . . . * | . 2 . . . . * . . 2 . . . . * | . 1 . C . . * . . 1 . C . . * | . 0 . . . . . . . 0 . \-------/ . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Determine the minimum number of mirrors M that must be installed to maintain laser communication between the two cows, a feat which is always possible in the given test data.
Input
- Line 1: Two space separated integers: W and H.
- Lines 2..H+1: The entire pasture.
Output
- Line 1: A single integer: M.
Example
Input: 7 8 ....... ......C ......* *****.* ....*.. ....*.. .C..*.. ....... Output: 3Any suggested test case will be welcomed.
Added by: | psetter |
Date: | 2009-02-13 |
Time limit: | 1s |
Source limit: | 50000B |
Memory limit: | 1536MB |
Cluster: | Cube (Intel G860) |
Languages: | All except: ERL JS-RHINO NODEJS PERL6 VB.NET |
Resource: | JAN09 SILVER Division |