题目:http://poj.org/problem?id=3803
分析:数据量不大,直接BFS即可
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
using namespace std;
int n;
string a[10], b[10], s, t;
bool sub(string& p, const string& a, const string& b)
{
size_t plen = p.size(), alen = a.size(), blen = b.size(), i = p.find(a, 0);
if(i == string::npos) return false;
for(; i != string::npos; i = p.find(a, i+blen)){
if(plen - alen + blen > t.size()) return false;
p.replace(i, alen, b);
}
return true;
}
int bfs()
{
if(s == t) return 0;
queue<string> Q;
set<string> R;
Q.push(s);
R.insert(s);
int level = 0;
while(!Q.empty()){
++level;
for(int cnt = Q.size(); cnt; --cnt){
for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i){
string p = Q.front();
if(!sub(p, a[i], b[i]) || R.count(p)) continue;
if(p == t) return level;
Q.push(p);
R.insert(p);
}
Q.pop();
}
}
return -1;
}
int main()
{
while(cin >> n, n){
for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i) cin >> a[i] >> b[i];
cin >> s >> t;
cout << bfs() << "\n";
}
return 0;
}