//Never stop trying
/*#pragma GCC target ("avx2")
#pragma GCC optimize ("Ofast")
#pragma GCC optimization ("O3")
#pragma GCC optimization ("unroll-loops")*/
#include "bits/stdc++.h"
using namespace std;
#define boost ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0)
typedef long long ll;
typedef string str;
typedef double db;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int, int> pi;
#define fi first
#define se second
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<pi> vpi;
typedef vector<str> vs;
typedef vector<ld> vd;
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define sz(x) (int)x.size()
#define all(x) begin(x), end(x)
#define rall(x) rbegin(x), rend(x)
#define endl "\n"
#define FOR(i,a,b) for (int i = (a); i < (b); ++i)
#define ROF(i,a,b) for (int i = (b)-1; i >= (a); --i)
const int MOD = 1e9 + 7; //998244353
const ll INF = 1e18;
const int MX = 2e5 + 10;
const int nx[4] = {0, 0, 1, -1}, ny[4] = {1, -1, 0, 0}; //right left down up
template<class T> using V = vector<T>;
template<class T> bool ckmin(T& a, const T& b) { return a > b ? a = b, 1 : 0; }
template<class T> bool ckmax(T& a, const T& b) { return a < b ? a = b, 1 : 0; }
ll cdiv(ll a, ll b) { return a / b + ((a ^ b) > 0 && a % b); } // divide a by b rounded up
//constexpr int log2(int x) { return 31 - __builtin_clz(x); } // floor(log2(x))
mt19937 rng(chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
//mt19937_64 rng(chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
ll random(ll a, ll b){
return a + rng() % (b - a + 1);
}
#ifndef LOCAL
#define cerr if(false) cerr
#endif
#define dbg(x) cerr << #x << " : " << x << endl;
#define dbgs(x,y) cerr << #x << " : " << x << " / " << #y << " : " << y << endl;
#define dbgv(v) cerr << #v << " : " << "[ "; for(auto it : v) cerr << it << ' '; cerr << ']' << endl;
#define here() cerr << "here" << endl;
void IO() {
#ifdef LOCAL
freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);
#endif
}
#ifndef LOCAL
#include "grader.h"
#endif
int N,Val,last=-1;
int Guess(int x){
int ans;
if(last==-1) ans=0;
else if(abs(Val-x)==abs(Val-last)) ans=0;
else if(abs(Val-x)<abs(Val-last)) ans=1;
else ans=-1;
last=x;
return ans;
}
int HC(int N){
int l=1,r=N;
while(l<r){
int len=r-l+1;
int a,b;
if(len%3==0) a=l+len/3-1,b=r-len/3+1;
else if(len%3==1) a=l+len/3,b=r-len/3+1;
else a=l+len/3,b=r-len/3;
int x=Guess(a);
x=Guess(b);
if(x==0) return (a+b)/2;
if(x==1) l=(a+b)/2+1;
else r=(a+b-1)/2;
}
return l;
}
#ifdef LOCAL
int main() {
boost; IO();
N=random(1,500);
Val=random(1,N);
assert(HC(N)==Val);
return 0;
}
#endif
/* Careful!!!
.Array bounds
.Infinite loops
.Uninitialized variables / empty containers
.Multisets are shit
Some insights:
.Binary search
.Graph representation
.Write brute force code
.Change your approach
*/
Compilation message
/tmp/ccW9EvTt.o: In function `Guess(int)':
grader.cpp:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `Guess(int)'
/tmp/ccVdYnOB.o:hottercolder.cpp:(.text+0x30): first defined here
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
