TopCoder problem "CongruenceLock" used in CRPF Charity Round 1 (Division I Level Three)



Problem Statement

     A CongruenceLock is a lock which works as follows. It displays a current status which is a number between 0 and 99999, inclusive. The lock opens if a specific status is reached. There are a number of buttons, each labeled with a number between 1 and 99999, inclusive. When a button labeled with the number b is pressed, the new status of the lock becomes (current status + b) mod 100000.



Given an int current, the current status of the lock, an int target, the status at which the lock opens, and a int[] buttons, the numbers labeled on the buttons, return the minimum number of button presses necessary to open the lock. If it is not possible to open the lock, return -1 instead. Each button can be pressed multiple times.
 

Definition

    
Class:CongruenceLock
Method:minPushes
Parameters:int, int, int[]
Returns:int
Method signature:int minPushes(int current, int target, int[] buttons)
(be sure your method is public)
    
 

Notes

-In C++, C#.NET and Java, the expression (a + b) mod 100000 can be written as (a + b) % 100000.
-In VB.NET, the expression (a + b) mod 100000 can be written as (a + b) Mod 100000.
 

Constraints

-current is between 0 and 99999, inclusive.
-target is between 0 and 99999, inclusive.
-buttons contains between 1 and 50 elements, inclusive.
-Each element of buttons is between 1 and 99999, inclusive.
 

Examples

0)
    
10000
10004
{1}
Returns: 4
The button labeled with "1" is pushed 4 times.
1)
    
99880
89
{100, 3}
Returns: 5
The button labeled with "100" is pushed 2 times and the button labeled with "3" is pushed 3 times.
2)
    
11111
22222
{4, 6, 2222, 3456}
Returns: -1
3)
    
0
1
{3}
Returns: 66667
4)
    
172
172
{1, 2, 3, 5, 7}
Returns: 0

Problem url:

http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=1936

Problem stats url:

http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=ProblemDetail&rd=4656&pm=1936

Writer:

Wernie

Testers:

lbackstrom , brett1479

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