A puzzle game

too difficult!!

Hmm.. I guess you must have an idea too, just think over again and reverse things ;)

In the input, are the adjacent numbers separated by a space or is every line given continuously like a string?

My java solution in my eclipse is working fine but online judge is giving a compilation error. I have also set the class name as Main. Any suggestions ?

@sivaraman They are separated by a space

@balraja Please take a look at Sample Solutions

I am using recursion. But it overlimits the time of 2s. anyone idea? Can there be a non recursive solution?

This is a contest, you won't be given extra hints.

Hi Admin

My  code is working perfect on compiler (g++ 4.0.08) on my system. Its showin run time error when i am submitting it

Could you please tell what  this error indicates

RUNTIME  ERROR (OTHER).

Is it abending  or  memory fault for some test case?

I am assuming you all grids have 1 2 3...9 and there are no zeros in the input

We can't check individual solutions during the contest. The input is consistent with the problem statement specifications.

I' ve submit one solution successfully .

where can I find my score ?

or how long I have to wait for ?

or the score is zero ?

@Admin : Could you please explain how the time is calculated for java programs. Does it include time taken to load jvm?

On my local, main method takes 1500-1600 ms for worse cases, but on codechef server, same program times out.

Shouldn't time limit vary according to language?

Yes, the time limit does in fact vary according to language. http://blog.codechef.com/2009/04/01/announcing-time-limits-based-on-prog... The time specified is not per test case, but for all the 50 test cases to be executed. Also, the system specifications of our server might be different compared to those of your machine. This information can be found at www.codechef.com/wiki

Hi Anirudha, What is time limit for this program. Is it 50 secs for 50 test cases? What is time limit for C#?

My program is running in less than 0.5 secs on my machine.My machine has far lesser configuration than Enviornment. It as consumes hardly 30 Kbs so that also should not be issue.

Thanks,

Abhijeet

The time limit is 2 seconds, not 50 seconds. The time limit for C# is 2 times the time specified. So, it would be 4 seconds.

Hi Anirudha,

Thanks for your reply. The time mentioned in my previous mail was for 50 test cases, I don't want to discuss strategy here but time difference between best and worse case won't be much. So I was wondering if JVM loading time is taken into account.

I agree with you that time difference could be due to difference in configuration of machines.

Thanks

Arvind

Can somebody please post some sample Test cases with solutions.

No, this is a contest, nobody is going to give you extra hints.

So time limit is 2 secs for 50 test cases. correct?

So time limit (for C#) is 4 secs for 50 test cases. Correct?

@Stephen

I wasn't asking for hints.

@Abhijeet Yes

what is the error message i get if memory limit exceeds?

is runtime error may mean memory limit exceed?

thanks

can i use pointers in my program?

Yes

My program is running well for given two test cases the only difference is that the method i have used is different from the method told above. Is that the reason my program is not successfully submitted.

The method that you use to solve the problem is irrelevant. If you are told wrong answer, that means you are printing out the incorrect answer for one of the judge's test cases.