#K5516. Minimum Energy Path
Minimum Energy Path
Minimum Energy Path
You are given an N x M grid where each cell is either open ('.') or blocked ('#'). Your task is to determine the minimum energy required to move from the top-left cell (0, 0) to the bottom-right cell (N-1, M-1). You may move in four directions: up, down, left, and right. Each move costs 1 unit of energy.
If the destination is unreachable, output -1
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Note: The grid is provided as N lines, each containing a string of M characters. You are expected to use an algorithm such as breadth-first search (BFS) to compute the shortest path.
inputFormat
The input is given via standard input (stdin) in the following format:
The first line contains two space-separated integers N and M, representing the number of rows and columns respectively. Each of the next N lines contains a string of length M representing a row of the grid.
outputFormat
Output a single integer to standard output (stdout) representing the minimum energy required to reach the bottom-right cell. Output -1 if it is impossible to reach the destination.## sample
4 4
....
..#.
..#.
....
6