Problem p03802 - Generation 2

Orig Description

Score : 1200 points
Problem StatementSnuke loves flags.
Snuke is placing N flags on a line.
The i-th flag can be placed at either coordinate x_i or coordinate y_i.
Snuke thinks that the flags look nicer when the smallest distance between two of them, d, is larger. Find the maximum possible value of d.
Constraints
2 ≤ N ≤ 10^{4}
1 ≤ x_i, y_i ≤ 10^{9}
x_i and y_i are integers.
InputThe input is given from Standard Input in the following format:
N
x_1 y_1
:
x_N y_N
OutputPrint the answer.
Sample Input 13
1 3
2 5
1 9
Sample Output 14
The optimal solution is to place the first flag at coordinate 1, the second flag at coordinate 5 and the third flag at coordinate 9. The smallest distance between two of the flags is 4 in this case.
Sample Input 25
2 2
2 2
2 2
2 2
2 2
Sample Output 20
There can be more than one flag at the same position.
Sample Input 322
93 6440
78 6647
862 11
8306 9689
798 99
801 521
188 206
6079 971
4559 209
50 94
92 6270
5403 560
803 83
1855 99
42 504
75 484
629 11
92 122
3359 37
28 16
648 14
11 269
Sample Output 317

Extracted Specification

An integer N (2 ≤ N ≤ 10^4), representing some quantity or size.
A list of tuples of integers (X, Y) of size N, where each integer is between 1 and 10^9.

### Example Input:

```
3
1 3
2 5
1 9
```

### Function Signature:
Write a function f(inputs) that takes in the input.
def f(inputs: List[Tuple[int, int]]):
    '''
    inputs: a list of tuples of integers
    '''

Test Case Generator

Sure, here's a test case generator for the given problem statement:

```python
import random

def tcgen():
    N = random.randint(2, 10**4)  # Number of flags
    
    coordinates = []
    for _ in range(N):
        x_i = random.randint(1, 10**9)
        y_i = random.randint(1, 10**9)
        coordinates.append((x_i, y_i))
        
    return N, coordinates

# Example usage
if __name__ == "__main__":
    N, coordinates = tcgen()
    print(N)
    for coord in coordinates:
        print(coord[0], coord[1])
```

This generator function `tcgen` will create random test cases for the problem of maximizing the minimum distance between flags. It first generates a random integer `N` between 2 and 10,000, and then for each flag, it generates two random coordinates \(x_i\) and \(y_i\) each between 1 and 10^9. The generated test case is returned as a tuple containing `N` and the list of coordinates.

The example usage at the bottom demonstrates how to generate and print one of these test cases. You can run this script to see the output in the required format.

Extract Arguments

def extract_arguments(fh):
    N = int(fh.readline().strip())
    coordinates = []
    for _ in range(N):
        x, y = map(int, fh.readline().strip().split())
        coordinates.append((x, y))
    return N, coordinates