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
Hint
The fastest way for Farmer John to reach the fugitive cow is to move along the following path: 5-10-9-18-17, which takes 4 minutes.
// https://vjudge.net/problem/POJ-3278/origin
#include<iostream>
#include<queue>
#include<cstring>
using namespace std;
// X - 1 or X + 1
// 2 × X
// N (0 ≤ N ≤ 100,000)
// K (0 ≤ K ≤ 100,000)
int book[100001];
int n,k;
int bfs(){
memset(book,-1,sizeof(book));
book[n]=0;
queue<int> q;
q.push(n);
while(!q.empty()){
int tmp = q.front();
q.pop();
if(tmp==k){
return book[k];
}
if(tmp+1<=100000&&tmp<k&&book[tmp+1]==-1){
q.push(tmp+1);
book[tmp+1]=book[tmp]+1;
}
if(tmp-1>=0&&book[tmp-1]==-1){
q.push(tmp-1);
book[tmp-1]=book[tmp]+1;
}
if(tmp*2<=100000&&tmp<k&&book[tmp*2]==-1){
q.push(tmp*2);
book[tmp*2]=book[tmp]+1;
}
}
}
int main(){
cin>>n>>k;
if(n>=k){
cout<<n-k;
}else
cout<<bfs();
return 0;
}