CCO '16 P4 - O Canada
View as PDFCanadian Computing Olympiad: 2016 Day 2, Problem 1
In this problem, a grid is an -by-
 array of cells, where each cell is either red or white.
Some grids are similar to other grids. Grid  is similar to grid 
 if and only if 
 can be transformed into 
 by some sequence of changes. A change consists of selecting a 
-by-
 square in the grid and flipping the colour of every cell in the square. (Red cells in the square will become white; white cells in the square will become red.)
You are given  grids. Count the number of pairs of grids which are similar. (Formally, number the grids from 
 to 
, then count the number of tuples 
 such that 
 and grid 
 is similar to grid 
.)
Input Specification
The first line of input contains  
, the size of the grids. The second line contains 
 
, the number of grids. The input then consists of 
 lines, where each line contains 
 characters, where each character is either 
R or W, indicating the colour (red or white) for that element in the grid. Moreover, after the first two lines of input, the next  lines describe the first grid, the following 
 lines describe the second grid, and so on.
For 12 out of the 25 marks available for this question, .
Output Specification
Output the number of pairs of grids which are similar.
Sample Input
2
2
RW
WR
WR
RW
Sample Output
1
Explanation
There are exactly two grids, and they are similar because the first grid can be transformed into the second grid using one change (selecting the -by-
 square consisting of the entire grid).
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