Problem B: Fire!
Joe works in a maze. Unfortunately, portions of the maze have caught on fire,
and the owner of the maze neglected to create a fire escape plan.
Help Joe escape the maze.
Given Joe's location in the maze and which squares of the maze are on fire,
you must determine whether Joe can exit the maze before the fire reaches him,
and how fast he can do it.
Joe and the fire each move one square per minute, vertically or horizontally (not
diagonally). The fire spreads all four directions from each square that is on
fire. Joe may exit the maze from any square that borders the edge of the maze.
Neither Joe nor the fire may enter a square that is occupied by a wall.
Input Specification
The first line of input contains the two integers R and C, separated
by spaces, with 1 <= R,C <= 1000. The following R lines of input
each contain one row of the maze. Each of these lines contains exactly C characters,
and each of these characters is one of:
- #, a wall
- ., a passable square
- J, Joe's initial position in the maze, which is a passable square
- F, a square that is on fire
There will be exactly one J in the input.
Sample Input
I
4 4
####
#JF#
#..#
#..#
II
3 3
###
#J.
#.F
Output Specification
Output a single line containing IMPOSSIBLE if Joe cannot exit the maze before
the fire reaches him, or an integer giving the earliest time Joe can safely exit the
maze, in minutes.
Output for Sample Input
I
3
II
IMPOSSIBLE
Malcolm Sharpe, Ondřej Lhoták
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