#include #include #include int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) { // insert code here... int n = 4; // std::cin >> n ; std::queue q; std::vector directions(n+1); q.push(1); directions[1]=1; int state=1; while (state != n) { int bit = std::bitset<8>(state).count(); int v1 = state +bit, v2 = state -bit; if (v1 <= n && directions[v1] == 0) { q.push(v1); directions[v1] = directions[state] + 1; } if (v2 > 0 && directions[v2] == 0) { q.push(v2); directions[v2] = directions[state] + 1; } if (q.size() == 0) { std::cout << -1 << std::endl; return 0; } state = q.front(); q.pop(); } std::cout << directions[state] << std::endl; return 0; }