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Problem Statement for "CircularCells"

Problem Statement

You have a table with N rows and M columns. In a single move, you can go from your current cell to a horizontally or vertically adjacent cell. Moving up from an uppermost cell moves you to the corresponding bottommost cell. Moving down from a bottommost cell moves you to the corresponding uppermost cell. Moving left from a leftmost cell moves you to the corresponding rightmost cell. Moving right from a rightmost cell moves you to the corresponding leftmost cell.

You are currently in the cell at row r1, column c1. Return the minimum number of moves required to get to the cell at row r2, column c2. All indices are 0-based.

Definition

Class:
CircularCells
Method:
minimumMovements
Parameters:
int, int, int, int, int, int
Returns:
int
Method signature:
int minimumMovements(int N, int M, int r1, int c1, int r2, int c2)
(be sure your method is public)

Constraints

  • N and M will each be between 1 and 1,000,000, inclusive.
  • r1 and r2 will each be between 0 and N-1, inclusive.
  • c1 and c2 will each be between 0 and M-1, inclusive.

Examples

  1. 3

    3

    0

    0

    2

    2

    Returns: 2

    The best path is (0,0)->(2,0)->(2,2).

  2. 4

    6

    3

    4

    2

    0

    Returns: 3

    The best path is (3,4)->(2,4)->(2,5)->(2,0).

  3. 479

    359

    363

    320

    35

    37

    Returns: 227

  4. 282

    828

    98

    511

    209

    25

    Returns: 453

  5. 828

    437

    153

    406

    528

    53

    Returns: 459

  6. 293

    383

    264

    185

    257

    186

    Returns: 8

  7. 448

    727

    200

    415

    338

    231

    Returns: 322

  8. 668

    300

    431

    203

    542

    235

    Returns: 143

  9. 323

    334

    282

    111

    142

    305

    Returns: 280

  10. 254

    869

    245

    509

    212

    346

    Returns: 196

  11. 38

    860

    18

    9

    13

    123

    Returns: 119

  12. 317

    36

    308

    0

    257

    14

    Returns: 65

  13. 41

    943

    25

    99

    16

    404

    Returns: 314

  14. 891

    730

    807

    406

    203

    280

    Returns: 413

  15. 394

    549

    254

    477

    15

    414

    Returns: 218

  16. 757

    841

    570

    475

    563

    761

    Returns: 293

  17. 945

    440

    748

    257

    928

    426

    Returns: 349

  18. 119

    83

    56

    19

    0

    21

    Returns: 58

  19. 640

    659

    386

    138

    330

    298

    Returns: 216

  20. 674

    387

    200

    221

    437

    377

    Returns: 393

  21. 271

    830

    252

    117

    126

    217

    Returns: 226

  22. 987

    291

    92

    239

    870

    140

    Returns: 308

  23. 656

    575

    494

    325

    244

    6

    Returns: 506

  24. 942

    725

    47

    657

    604

    191

    Returns: 644

  25. 8

    338

    7

    37

    7

    247

    Returns: 128

  26. 946

    910

    614

    561

    298

    359

    Returns: 518

  27. 423

    947

    404

    314

    340

    43

    Returns: 335

  28. 901

    592

    52

    242

    754

    410

    Returns: 367

  29. 23783

    21607

    14787

    12893

    4921

    19117

    Returns: 16090

  30. 18317

    31476

    3961

    27363

    12076

    12394

    Returns: 23084

  31. 23415

    18294

    3197

    4583

    8182

    5260

    Returns: 5662

  32. 20000

    29374

    3541

    15514

    1469

    3908

    Returns: 13678

  33. 10906

    3361

    4321

    1367

    4064

    2050

    Returns: 940

  34. 1893

    126

    197

    63

    241

    106

    Returns: 87

  35. 7406

    25663

    2125

    2743

    298

    19364

    Returns: 10869

  36. 178

    14182

    67

    9963

    142

    6579

    Returns: 3459

  37. 21058

    30992

    17226

    22530

    18222

    8581

    Returns: 14945

  38. 32409

    4585

    27305

    2259

    1189

    84

    Returns: 8468

  39. 13186

    8577

    11571

    9

    7798

    1880

    Returns: 5644

  40. 32764

    6295

    26034

    682

    1320

    5740

    Returns: 9287

  41. 16357

    9633

    14037

    2577

    11639

    4515

    Returns: 4336

  42. 8273

    27453

    5427

    25781

    6871

    12365

    Returns: 14860

  43. 5973

    20573

    539

    3913

    1914

    14409

    Returns: 11452

  44. 25906

    2109

    4054

    1811

    11098

    982

    Returns: 7873

  45. 28190

    17539

    24492

    4899

    951

    12432

    Returns: 12182

  46. 17191

    28202

    11845

    24713

    17006

    6842

    Returns: 15492

  47. 21978

    20981

    1363

    15317

    12754

    915

    Returns: 17166

  48. 26039

    29606

    23279

    6708

    21019

    19330

    Returns: 14882

  49. 124142

    124282

    744

    616

    30446

    18096

    Returns: 47182

  50. 100237

    104387

    806

    94

    23916

    26429

    Returns: 49445

  51. 101090

    103381

    123

    442

    5475

    7092

    Returns: 12002

  52. 124770

    128415

    483

    745

    436

    14429

    Returns: 13731

  53. 111600

    107410

    499

    647

    3193

    138

    Returns: 3203

  54. 104316

    131407

    979

    6

    30225

    30736

    Returns: 59976

  55. 104161

    123266

    163

    821

    17637

    31535

    Returns: 48188

  56. 113476

    107083

    16

    714

    23561

    15075

    Returns: 37906

  57. 101479

    123328

    976

    701

    21238

    13509

    Returns: 33070

  58. 112552

    106615

    422

    686

    21268

    1300

    Returns: 21460

  59. 1

    1

    0

    0

    0

    0

    Returns: 0

  60. 1

    2

    0

    1

    0

    0

    Returns: 1

  61. 1

    3

    0

    1

    0

    2

    Returns: 1

  62. 1

    4

    0

    0

    0

    1

    Returns: 1

  63. 1

    5

    0

    4

    0

    1

    Returns: 2

  64. 2

    1

    0

    0

    1

    0

    Returns: 1

  65. 2

    2

    0

    0

    0

    0

    Returns: 0

  66. 2

    3

    0

    2

    0

    1

    Returns: 1

  67. 2

    4

    1

    3

    1

    1

    Returns: 2

  68. 2

    5

    1

    3

    0

    3

    Returns: 1

  69. 3

    1

    0

    0

    2

    0

    Returns: 1

  70. 3

    2

    0

    0

    2

    1

    Returns: 2

  71. 3

    3

    2

    0

    2

    2

    Returns: 1

  72. 3

    4

    1

    2

    0

    2

    Returns: 1

  73. 3

    5

    2

    4

    2

    2

    Returns: 2

  74. 4

    1

    3

    0

    1

    0

    Returns: 2

  75. 4

    2

    0

    0

    2

    0

    Returns: 2

  76. 4

    3

    1

    1

    3

    2

    Returns: 3

  77. 4

    4

    3

    0

    2

    2

    Returns: 3

  78. 4

    5

    3

    0

    3

    1

    Returns: 1

  79. 5

    1

    4

    0

    4

    0

    Returns: 0

  80. 5

    2

    4

    1

    1

    1

    Returns: 2

  81. 5

    3

    0

    1

    4

    2

    Returns: 2

  82. 5

    4

    0

    2

    4

    1

    Returns: 2

  83. 5

    5

    4

    4

    3

    0

    Returns: 2

  84. 1000000

    1000000

    250000

    750000

    750000

    250000

    Returns: 1000000


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