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ABC269 E — Last Rook

ABC269 E — Last Rook: a Python solution using direct simulation. Learn the idea, check the complexity, and read the full code, with credit to KATO-Hiro AtCoder Solutions.

Technique
Direct simulation
Source
KATO-Hiro AtCoder Solutions
Length
40 lines
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Approach

Direct simulation

For ABC269 E — Last Rook, the implementation follows the problem’s operations directly while maintaining only the state needed for the next decision.

  1. Translate each rule into one explicit state update.
  2. Maintain the invariant after every processed item.
  3. Return the accumulated state once all relevant input has been handled.

Code notes

  • 40 lines of Python from the credited upstream file abc269_e.py.
  • The implementation keeps its working state in language-native values and containers.
  • 1 loop block detected.

Complexity

Count the number and nesting of passes over the input, then include the maintained containers in the memory estimate.

Check the problem constraints before deciding whether this complexity will pass.

Source

Code and credit

This code comes from KATO-Hiro AtCoder Solutions by KATO-Hiro and is used under the CC0-1.0 licence.

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Full codeABC269 E — Last Rook · PythonPython
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-  def main():    import sys     input = sys.stdin.readline     n = int(input())    x, y = 1, 1     # 各軸に対して二分探索    for ti in range(2):        wa, ac = 0, n         while (wa + 1) < ac:            wj = (ac + wa) // 2             if ti == 0:                print("?", 1, wj, 1, n, flush=True)            else:                print("?", 1, n, 1, wj, flush=True)             result = int(input())             if result != wj:                ac = wj            else:                wa = wj                    x = ac        x, y = y, x     print("!", x, y, flush=True)   if __name__ == "__main__":    main()

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