[Codewars] Shortest Knight Path

Shortest Knight Path

  • Time :
  • Space :
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;
pair<int,int> at(string s) {
return {'8' - s[1], s[0] - 'a'};
}
int knight(std::string start, std::string finish) {
if(start == finish) return 0;
queue<pair<int,int>> q;
vector<vector<int>> vis(8,vector<int>(8,INT_MAX));
auto push = [&](int y, int x, int c) {
if(vis[y][x] > c) {
vis[y][x] = c;
q.push({y,x});
}
};
push(at(start).first, at(start).second, 0);
int dy[8]{-1,-2,-2,-1,1,2,2,1}, dx[8]{-2,-1,1,2,2,1,-1,-2};
while(q.size()) {
auto [y,x] = q.front(); q.pop();
for(int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
int ny = y + dy[i], nx = x + dx[i];
if(0 <= ny and ny < 8 and 0 <= nx and nx < 8) {
push(ny,nx,vis[y][x] + 1);
auto [gy,gx] = at(finish);
if(gy == ny and gx == nx) return vis[ny][nx];
}
}
}
return -1;
}
Author: Song Hayoung
Link: https://songhayoung.github.io/2023/05/30/PS/Codewars/shortest-knight-path/
Copyright Notice: All articles in this blog are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 unless stating additionally.