Canadian Computing Competition: 2020 Stage 1, Junior #5, Senior #2
You have to determine if it is possible to escape from a room. The room is an -by-
grid with each position (cell) containing a positive integer. The rows are numbered
and the columns are numbered
. We use
to refer to the cell in row
and column
.
You start in the top-left corner at and exit from the bottom-right corner at
. If you are in a cell containing the value
, then you can jump to any cell
satisfying
. For example, if you are in a cell containing a
, you can jump to cell
.
Note that from a cell containing a , there are up to four cells you can jump to:
, or
. If the room is a
-by-
grid, there isn't a row
so only the first three jumps would be possible.
Input Specification
The first line of the input will be an integer
. The second line of the input will be an integer
. The remaining input gives the positive integers in the cells of the room with
rows and
columns. It consists of
lines where each line contains
positive integers, each less than or equal to
, separated by single spaces.
For of the
available marks,
and
.
For an additional of the
available marks,
.
For an additional of the
available marks, all of the integers in the cells will be unique.
For an additional of the
available marks,
and
.
Output Specification
Output yes
if it is possible to escape from the room. Otherwise, output no
.
Sample Input
3
4
3 10 8 14
1 11 12 12
6 2 3 9
Output for Sample Input
yes
Explanation of Output for Sample Input
Starting in the cell at which contains a
, one possibility is to jump to the cell at
. This cell contains an
so from it, you could jump to the cell at
. This brings you to a cell containing
from which you can jump to the exit at
. Note that another way to escape is to jump from the starting cell to the cell at
to the cell at
to the exit.
Notes
The online grader begins by testing submissions using the sample input. All other tests are skipped if the sample test is not passed. If you are only attempting the first three subtasks (the first
marks), then you might want to handle the specific values of the sample input as a special case.
For the final subtask (worth
marks), if you are using Java, then
Scanner
will probably take too long to read in the large amount of data. A much faster alternative isBufferedReader
.
Comments
Can someone take a look at my code? I am getting TLE on most cases and I have no idea why.
move backwards 5Head
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Case #5 in the last batch seems to be wrong. I get correct in the CCC grader but wrong in the DMOJ grader. Or am I doing something wrong?
You invoke undefined behavior on line 25. When declaring arrays inside a function, C++ does not guarantee that the array will be filled with zeros, you should declare this array outside of
main()
.In addition on line 27, you should add one to your array length (and also make sure you fill that with -1) because you may access
pathways[rs]
, which in this case would be undefined.If you need any extra help, you can ask on https://slack.dmoj.ca
Heads up: if you have the correct algorithm on Java, you should consider running with Java 8 instead of Java 11 to get the final two points. Idk why this is the case.
Great problem. First OI problem that I solved. Really happy!!!
Wrote CCC Jr. this year, my first CCC, and I was relatively new to competitive programming before the contest. First 4 were pretty straight forward, and then this problem stumped me with 0.5 hours remaining. Here I am today, I have a solution using backtracking, but still get TLE (Java 11). Any suggestions on how to improve the algorithm (input reading isn't an issue)?
EDIT: I rewrote my program from recursive BFS search (which I thought was just backtracking) to dynamic BFS search using a while loop and got AC on the CCC Grader, but still TLE on the last 3 subtests on DMOJ. Any tips on how to get AC here?
Cool story. If you need any help, please ask on Slack instead of in the comments.
Oh, didn't know that, sorry :) Thank you for letting me know!!
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Can someone look through my code, I keep getting TLE on the last batch.
I have used a BufferedReader, so I am not sure what the problem actually is!
Thank you very much!
Edit: Nvm I found the problem.
Someone help pls, what is wrong with my code?
EDIT: NEVERMIND
My code outputs "yes" when I run the sample input on my IDE but it WA's and prints "no" to the same sample input when I submit it. Any suggestions?
https://dmoj.ca/submission/2064841
EDIT: Solved. It was a simple variable error.
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Is it even possible to solve this without TLE in Python 3? the fastest submission has an execution time of ~8 seconds
I feel like this should be a 10p, considering 2018 J5 - Choose your own path was a 7p this should be worth a bit more - along with implementing a graph searching algorithm you had to efficiently compute factors, and the actual implementation was more sophisticated then simply using a standard graph adjacency representation. A fair bit of TLEing too, from what I've seen and heard.
Well since knight hop is now 7 points, it would be fair for this to be worth 10 now. You might be able to get your wish.
Graph problems are quite uncommon and usually a bit more difficult to be CCC S2s, but this problem is also a J5. However, I do agree with you. (This in fact is the first graph theory S2).
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Your getPairs function looks through 1 to N for every space added to the queue which is too slow. Try finding a faster way to look for factors.
My code gives a NameError on the first case? It woks fine on the CCC Grader.
Please read the tips page. In particular,
Can anyone explain why I am getting TLE at the end of Batch 6 even though I am just implementing BFS on my program (c++)
It is because your BFS function contains a
every iteration, probably taking up to
.
searchm
function which runs inTFW you spent 40 whole minutes during the CCC thinking you can only jump to adjacent cells.
Disregard this comment, I'm blind.
AC in CCC and TLE on DMOJ. (finally solved it)
Any tips on how to not TLE even with C++?
Having a loop to find all the factors of the number in the current cell is too slow. Try to find an approach that avoids this.
ok thanks
You could do it relatively fast if you just precompute the factors when you're taking input