{"trustable":true,"prependHtml":"\u003cstyle\u003e.statText pre { font-size: 12px; }\ntable {display:block !important; width:100%; }\ntable tbody {display:block !important; width:100%; }\ntable tbody tr { width:100% !important;display: block;}\ntable tbody tr td.statText { margin-left: 5px; display: inline-block; width: fit-content; }\ntable tbody tr td.statText br { display: block; content: \" \";line-height: 12px;margin: 12px 0;}\ntable tbody tr td.statText table table pre {\n white-space: pre-wrap;\n text-overflow: ellipsis;\n word-break: break-all;\n}\ntd { padding: 0 !important; border: none !important; }\npre { line-height: normal; margin: 0; }\n\u003c/style\u003e","sections":[{"title":"","value":{"format":"HTML","content":"\n \n \t\t\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan\u003d\"2\" class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProblem Statement\u003c/h3\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are playing a strategy game on a rectangular board.\nThe board is divided into a grid of unit square cells.\nSome of the cells are occupied by enemies.\nIt is now your turn and you want to eliminate as many enemies as possible.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome of the cells that are not occupied by enemy units contain your laser towers.\nEach laser tower is pointed in one of the four cardinal directions.\nThe tower can target any single cell in its direction and eliminate all enemies in that cell.\nNote that the tower is tall and can target any cell in its direction, even if there are some enemies in cells that are closer than the target cell.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor each tower, you have to decide whether it is going to shoot or not.\nThen, you have to choose a valid target cell for each of the towers that is going to shoot.\nFinally, all selected towers shoot their lasers at the same time and they eliminate all enemies in their target cells.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou are also given two important pieces of information about the laser towers:\n\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor safety purposes, the towers were designed in such a way that no tower can target another tower. (You may assume that this is true in all test cases.)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen you fire your laser towers, their laser beams are not allowed to cross, not even at their endpoints. That is, for each cell on the board there can be at most one laser tower that is shooting at or over that cell.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou are given a String[] \u003cb\u003eboard\u003c/b\u003e that represents the board at the beginning of your turn, using the following format:\n\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmpty cells are represented by the character \u0027.\u0027 (period).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharacters \u00271\u0027 through \u00279\u0027 represent cells that contain 1 through 9 enemy units.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharacters \u0027A\u0027, \u0027V\u0027, \u0027\u0026lt;\u0027, and \u0027\u0026gt;\u0027 represent laser towers pointed north, south, west, and east, respectively.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReturn the maximal total number of eliminated enemies.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan\u003d\"2\" 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class\u003d\"statText\"\u003eint\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003eMethod signature:\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003eint countMaxEnemies(String[] board)\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan\u003d\"2\" class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e(be sure your method is public)\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan\u003d\"2\" class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan\u003d\"2\" class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eConstraints\u003c/h3\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align\u003d\"center\" valign\u003d\"top\" class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e-\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003eboard contains between 1 and 50 elements, inclusive.\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align\u003d\"center\" valign\u003d\"top\" class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e-\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003eEach element of board contains between 1 and 50 characters, inclusive.\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align\u003d\"center\" valign\u003d\"top\" class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e-\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003eAll elements of board are of the same size.\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align\u003d\"center\" valign\u003d\"top\" class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e-\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003eNo tower is directed towards another one.\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align\u003d\"center\" valign\u003d\"top\" class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e-\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003eEach character of the board is \u0027A\u0027, \u0027V\u0027, \u0027\u0026lt;\u0027, \u0027\u0026gt;\u0027, \u0027.\u0027, or a digit between \u00271\u0027 and \u00279\u0027, inclusive.\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan\u003d\"2\" class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan\u003d\"2\" class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eExamples\u003c/h3\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align\u003d\"center\" nowrap\u003d\"true\" class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e0)\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd class\u003d\"statText\"\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd 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Any unauthorized use or reproduction of this information without the prior written consent of TopCoder, Inc. is strictly prohibited. (c)2024, TopCoder, Inc. All rights reserved. \u003c/p\u003e\n \n "}}]}