Eight
Time Limit: 10 Seconds Memory Limit: 32768 KB
Special Judge
Scenario
The 15-puzzle has been around for over 100 years; even if you don't know it
by that name, you've seen it. It is constructed with 15 sliding tiles, each
with a number from 1 to 15 on it, and all packed into a 4 by 4 frame with one
tile missing. Let's call the missing tile 'x'; the object of the puzzle is to
arrange the tiles so that they are ordered as:
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 x
where the only legal operation is to exchange 'x' with one of the tiles with which it shares an edge. As an example, the following sequence of moves solves a slightly scrambled puzzle:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3
4 1 2 3 4 1
2 3 4
5 6 7 8 5 6 7
8 5 6 7 8 5
6 7 8
9 x 10 12 9 10 x 12
9 10 11 12 9 10 11 12
13 14 11 15 13 14 11 15 13 14 x 15
13 14 15 x
r->
d-> r->
The letters in the previous row indicate which neighbor of the 'x' tile is swapped with the 'x' tile at each step; legal values are 'r','l','u' and 'd', for right, left, up, and down, respectively.
Not all puzzles can be solved; in 1870, a man named Sam Loyd was famous for
distributing an unsolvable version of the puzzle, and
frustrating many people. In fact, all you have to do to make a regular puzzle
into an unsolvable one is to swap two tiles (not counting the missing 'x' tile,
of course).
In this problem, you will write a program for solving the less well-known 8-puzzle,
composed of tiles on a three by three
arrangement.
Input
You will receive, several descriptions of configuration of the 8 puzzle. One
description is just a list of the tiles in their initial positions, with the
rows listed from top to bottom, and the tiles listed from left to right within
a row, where the tiles are represented by numbers 1 to 8, plus 'x'. For example,
this puzzle
1 2 3
x 4 6
7 5 8
is described by this list:
1 2 3 x 4 6 7 5 8
Output
You will print to standard output either the word ``unsolvable'', if the puzzle has no solution, or a string consisting entirely of the letters 'r', 'l', 'u' and 'd' that describes a series of moves that produce a solution. The string should include no spaces and start at the beginning of the line. Do not print a blank line between cases.
Sample Input
2 3 4 1 5 x 7 6 8
Sample Output
ullddrurdllurdruldrSubmit
Source: South Central USA 1998