Approach
Stack-based processing
For Codeforces 1753D — The Beach, the implementation keeps unresolved items in last-in, first-out order, often to match boundaries, parse structure, or maintain monotonic candidates.
- Define what every stack entry represents.
- Pop entries once the current item resolves or invalidates them.
- Push the current item with only the information later steps need.
Code notes
- 98 lines of Go from the credited upstream file 1753D.go.
- The implementation visibly relies on sequence storage.
- No explicit loop blocks detected.
Complexity
If each item is pushed and popped at most once, the stack work is linear.
Check the problem constraints before deciding whether this complexity will pass.
Use this to learn the idea, then write your own version.
1package main2 3import (4 "bufio"5 "container/heap"6 . "fmt"7 "io"8)9 1011func CF1753D(_r io.Reader, out io.Writer) {12 in := bufio.NewReader(_r)13 const inf int64 = 1e1814 dir4 := []struct{ x, y int }{{-1, 0}, {1, 0}, {0, -1}, {0, 1}}15 match := []struct{ x, y int }{'L': {0, 1}, 'R': {0, -1}, 'U': {1, 0}, 'D': {-1, 0}}16 min := func(a, b int64) int64 {17 if a > b {18 return b19 }20 return a21 }22 23 var n, m int24 var p, q int6425 Fscan(in, &n, &m, &p, &q)26 g := make([]string, n)27 dis := make([][]int64, n)28 h := hp53{}29 for i := range g {30 Fscan(in, &g[i])31 dis[i] = make([]int64, m)32 for j, b := range g[i] {33 if b == '.' {34 dis[i][j] = 035 h.push(pd53{i, j, 0})36 } else {37 dis[i][j] = inf38 }39 }40 }41 for len(h) > 0 {42 top := h.pop()43 i, j := top.x, top.y44 if top.dis > dis[i][j] {45 continue46 }47 for _, d := range dir4 {48 x, y := i+d.x, j+d.y49 if 0 <= x && x < n && 0 <= y && y < m && g[x][y] != '.' && g[x][y] != '#' {50 d := match[g[x][y]]51 x += d.x52 y += d.y53 newD := dis[i][j]54 if x != i && y != j {55 newD += p56 } else {57 newD += q58 }59 if newD < dis[x][y] {60 dis[x][y] = newD61 h.push(pd53{x, y, newD})62 }63 }64 }65 }66 ans := inf67 for i, r := range dis {68 for j, d := range r {69 if j < m-1 {70 ans = min(ans, d+r[j+1])71 }72 if i < n-1 {73 ans = min(ans, d+dis[i+1][j])74 }75 }76 }77 if ans == inf {78 ans = -179 }80 Fprint(out, ans)81}82 8384 85type pd53 struct {86 x, y int87 dis int6488}89type hp53 []pd5390 91func (h hp53) Len() int { return len(h) }92func (h hp53) Less(i, j int) bool { return h[i].dis < h[j].dis }93func (h hp53) Swap(i, j int) { h[i], h[j] = h[j], h[i] }94func (h *hp53) Push(v interface{}) { *h = append(*h, v.(pd53)) }95func (h *hp53) Pop() (v interface{}) { a := *h; *h, v = a[:len(a)-1], a[len(a)-1]; return }96func (h *hp53) push(v pd53) { heap.Push(h, v) }97func (h *hp53) pop() pd53 { return heap.Pop(h).(pd53) }98