7969: USACO 2018 February Contest, Platinum —— Problem 2. New Barns
Description
FJ will give a total of $Q\ (1≤Q≤10^5)$ queries, each either of the form "build" or "distance". For a build query, FJ builds a barn and li
Input
Each of the next Q lines contains a query. Each query is of the form "B p" or "Q k", respectively telling you to build a barn and connect it with barn p, or give the farthest distance, as defined, from barn k. If p=−1, then the new barn will be connected to no other barn. Otherwise, p is the index of a barn that has already been built. The barn indices start from 1, so the first barn built is barn 1, the second is barn 2, and so on.
Output
Sample 1 Input
7
B -1
Q 1
B 1
B 2
Q 3
B 2
Q 2
Sample 1 Output
0
2
1
The example input corresponds to this network of barns:
(1)
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(2)---(4)
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(3)
In query 1, we build barn number 1. In query 2, we ask for the distance of 1 to the farthest connected barn. Since barn 1 is connected to no other barns, the answer is 0. In query 3, we build barn number 2 and connect it to barn 1. In query 4, we build barn number 3 and connect it to barn 2. In query 5, we ask for the distance of 3 to the farthest connected barn. In this case, the farthest is barn 1, which is 2 units away. In query 6, we build barn number 4 and connect it to barn 2. In query 7, we ask for the distance of 2 to the farthest connected barn. All three barns 1, 3, 4 are the same distance away, which is 1, so this is our answer.