This submission is migrated from previous version of oj.uz, which used different machine for grading. This submission may have different result if resubmitted.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define ll long long
#define fi first
#define se second
#define pb push_back
using namespace std;
int k,n;ll re=0;
map<ll,int>st,en;
ll no=0,fin=0;vector<ll>v;
int main()
{
    cin>>k>>n;ll w=0;
    for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
    {
        char a,b;
        int x,y;
        cin>>a>>x>>b>>y;
        re+=abs(x-y);
        if(a==b)continue;
        re-=(abs(x-y));
        re++;
        if(x>y)swap(x,y);
        v.pb(x);v.pb(y);
        st[x]++;
        st[y];no++;
        en[y]++;w+=x;
    }
    ll mn=1e18;
    ll last=0;
    sort(v.begin(),v.end());
    ll r=0;
    for(int i=0;i<v.size();i++)
    {
        r+=abs(v[i]-v[v.size()/2]);
    }
    for(int j=0;j<v.size();j++)
    {   ll z=0;
        for(int i=0;i<v.size();i++)
        {
            z+=(abs(v[i]-v[j]));
        }
        mn=min(mn,z);
        /*
        w+=fin*(it.fi-last);
        w-=no*(it.fi-last);
        fin+=en[it.fi];
        no-=st[it.fi];
        mn=min(mn,w);last=it.fi;
    */
    }
    re+=r;
    if(r<mn)
    {
        while(1)w++;
    }
    cout<<re;
}
Compilation message (stderr)
bridge.cpp: In function 'int main()':
bridge.cpp:32:18: warning: comparison of integer expressions of different signedness: 'int' and 'std::vector<long long int>::size_type' {aka 'long unsigned int'} [-Wsign-compare]
   32 |     for(int i=0;i<v.size();i++)
      |                 ~^~~~~~~~~
bridge.cpp:36:18: warning: comparison of integer expressions of different signedness: 'int' and 'std::vector<long long int>::size_type' {aka 'long unsigned int'} [-Wsign-compare]
   36 |     for(int j=0;j<v.size();j++)
      |                 ~^~~~~~~~~
bridge.cpp:38:22: warning: comparison of integer expressions of different signedness: 'int' and 'std::vector<long long int>::size_type' {aka 'long unsigned int'} [-Wsign-compare]
   38 |         for(int i=0;i<v.size();i++)
      |                     ~^~~~~~~~~
bridge.cpp:29:8: warning: unused variable 'last' [-Wunused-variable]
   29 |     ll last=0;
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