#K65952. Taco Grid Shortest Path
Taco Grid Shortest Path
Taco Grid Shortest Path
You are given a grid of cells represented as E
(empty) and F
(forbidden). Your task is to find the length of the shortest path from the top-left corner to the bottom-right corner of the grid, moving only in the four cardinal directions (up, down, left, right). The path must not pass through any cell marked with F
. If no such path exists, output -1
.
Note: The grid is provided via standard input. The first line of input contains two integers, H and W, representing the number of rows and columns respectively. This is followed by H lines, each containing a string of length W composed only of the characters E
and F
.
The path length is defined as the number of moves required to reach the destination (starting position is counted as 0 moves). If the starting cell or the destination cell is forbidden (F
), then no valid path exists.
inputFormat
The input is read from standard input. The first line contains two space-separated integers H and W (the number of rows and columns respectively). Each of the following H lines contains a string of length W consisting only of the characters E
and F
.
Example:
5 5 EEEEF EFFFF EEEEE EFEEE EEEFE
outputFormat
Output a single integer to standard output – the length of the shortest path from the top-left to the bottom-right cell. If no such path exists, output -1
.
5 5
EEEEF
EFFFF
EEEEE
EFEEE
EEEFE
8