Problem p02123 - Generation 2

Orig Description

Problem M: Fissure Puzzle Hard
Problem
There is a grid consisting of $N \times N$ squares. All squares are initially white. We increase the number of black squares following the procedure below.
Choose a white square in a cell that is on an even-numbered row and an even-numbered column. The chosen square is changed to black. Furthermore, the white squares adjacent to the chosen square in each direction, north, south, east, and west, are changed to black in a chain until there is no white square in that direction. (See the example below.)
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You want to create a grid where the color of the square at the $i$-th row from the top and the $j$-th column from the left is $A_{i,j}$. Determine whether it is possible to create such a grid. If possible, find the places and order of the squares to be selected.
Input
The input is given in the following format.
$N$
$A_{1,1}$ $A_{1,2}$ ... $A_{1,N}$
$A_{2,1}$ $A_{2,2}$ ... $A_{2,N}$
...
$A_{N,1}$ $A_{N,2}$ ... $A_{N,N}$
  When $A_{i,j}$ is 'o', it means that the square at the $i$-th row from the top and the $j$-th column from the left is white, and when it is 'x', it means that the square is black.
Constraints
$3 \le N \le 2047$
$N$ is odd.
$A_{i,j}$ is either 'o' or 'x'.
Output
If it is impossible, output -1 in one line.
If it is possible, output the number of squares to be selected in the first line, the row number from the top of the $i$-th square to be selected in the $2i$-th line, and the column number from the left to be selected in the $2i+1$-th line. If it is not uniquely determined, output the smallest one in lexicographic order.
Sample Input 1
5
oxooo
oxooo
oxooo
xxxxx
oxooo
Sample Output 1
1
4
2
Sample Input 2
9
oxoooooxo
oxxxxxxxx
oxoooooxo
xxxxxxxxx
oxoxooooo
oxxxxxxxx
oxoxoxooo
oxoxxxxxx
oxoxoxooo
Sample Output 2
4
4
2
2
8
6
4
8
6
Sample Input 3
3
oxx
oxx
ooo
Sample Output 3
-1

Extracted Specification

An integer N (3 ≤ N ≤ 2047), where N is odd.
A 2D list of characters A of size N x N, where each character is either 'o' or 'x'.

### Example Input:

```
5
oxooo
oxooo
oxooo
xxxxx
oxooo
```

### Function Signature:
Write a function f(N, A) that takes in the input.
def f(N: int, A: List[List[str]]):
    '''
    N: an integer
    A: a 2D list of characters
    '''

Test Case Generator

Sure! Below is a Python function to generate test cases for the problem "Fissure Puzzle Hard." The function generates a random grid that fits the problem's constraints.

```python
import random

def generate_fissure_puzzle_hard_test_case():
    # Generate an odd number N between 3 and 2047
    N = random.choice([i for i in range(3, 2048) if i % 2 != 0])
    
    # Generate the grid of NxN where each cell is either 'o' or 'x'
    grid = []
    for _ in range(N):
        row = ''.join(random.choice(['o', 'x']) for _ in range(N))
        grid.append(row)
    
    return N, grid

def format_test_case(N, grid):
    # Format the test case into the required input format as a string
    test_case_str = f"{N}\n"
    test_case_str += '\n'.join(grid)
    return test_case_str

# Example of generating a test case and printing it
N, grid = generate_fissure_puzzle_hard_test_case()
test_case_str = format_test_case(N, grid)
print(test_case_str)
```

### Explanation:
1. **Generating N:** The code first generates an odd number \( N \) between 3 and 2047 using `random.choice` to ensure the number is odd.
2. **Generating the Grid:** For each row in the \( N \times N \) grid, we generate a string of length \( N \) where each character is randomly chosen to be either 'o' (white) or 'x' (black).
3. **Formatting the Output:** The function `format_test_case` converts the generated grid into the required input format as a multiline string.

You can use this generator to produce random test cases for the problem. Each execution of the generator will provide a different test case within the specified constraints.

Extract Arguments

def extract_arguments(fh):
    N = int(fh.readline().strip())
    A = [fh.readline().strip() for _ in range(N)]
    return N, A