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/*  the entry is included first, followed by the equivalent expansion 

#define Q define
#Q V(f,w) u[a[f]]w;u[a[f+1]]w;
#Q C(f) if(u[a[f+1]]||a[f]==a[f+1])continue;V(f,++)
#Q L(j,r,s,v,z) a[j]=10;while(a[j]--){if(u[a[j]])continue;a[j+1]=((r=s+v*a[j])/v)%10;C(j)z V(j,--)}
#Q T 10000
main(y,F)int*F;{int x,d,c,A,u[10],a[10],m,n,o,p;F=fopen(F[1],"r");while(-1-fscanf(F,"%d%d",&A,&p)){d=T*T;y=T-(A-p)%T;if(T/2<(x=abs(A-p)%T))x=T-x;if(!(x%10)||x<25||x%1000<3||x%1000>997||abs(x-100)<3||abs(x-200)<2)d=~0;else for(x=A/T;d>691999;x++){a[8]=x%10;a[9]=(x/10)%10;C(8)L(0,m,y,1,L(2,n,m,10,L(4,o,n,100,L(6,p,o,1000,c=p-y+a[8]*T+a[9]*T*10-A;if(c<0)c+=T*100;if(c
main(argc,argv)
int argc;
char **argv;
{
   int x,distance,c,A,B,used[10],a[10],m,n,o,y,p;
   FILE *F;

   if(NULL==(F=fopen(argv[1],"r"))){
      fprintf(stderr,"Cannot read %s\n",argv[1]); 
      exit(1);
   }

   while(EOF!=fscanf(F,"%d%d",&A,&B)){
      distance=10000*10000;
      y=10000-(A-B)%10000;

      /*Some [A,B] pairs have no solution.  This is a function of (A-B)%10000.
       *These rules were determined empirically
       *I tried to find more compact representation of this formula,
       *but failed.
       */
      x=abs(A-B)%10000;
      if(5000997||abs(x-100)<3||abs(x-200)<2) {
          distance= -1;
      }else {
         /* By entering this loop, I am guaranteed to have a solution.
          * Solution will be <=691999, always.
          *
          *a[9] a[8] a[6] a[4] a[2] a[0]   = A
          *          a[7] a[5] a[3] a[1]   = B
          *
          *Basic scheme is to pick a[9],a[8]  (starting at current value),
          *then construct all solutions right-to-left.  NOTE, we continually
          *use the fact that (A-B)%10000 remains constant as we roll along.
          *We use continue a lot to short circuit impossible branches.
          *Thus:
          *	choose an a[0] (8 values possible), this immediately determines a[1]
          *     choose an a[2] (6 values possible), there may or may not
          *                                          be an a[3] which
          *                                          works for each a[2]
          *     etc. for a[4], a[6]
          *If we find any solution within a 10K-ade, we don't need to
          *go further, just accept the smallest solution.
          *The array used[] keeps track of which digits are currently
          *in use.
          */
         for(x=A/10000;distance>691999;x++){
            a[8]=x%10;
            a[9]=(x/10)%10;
            /*In the next statement, used[a[9]] is not useful, it was
             *kept in to show the pattern which continues below.
             */
            if(used[a[9]]||a[8]==a[9])continue;   
            used[a[8]]++;
            used[a[9]]++;
            /*I used 
             *        a[0]=10;while(a[0]--) 
             *rather than
             *        for(a[0]=0;a[0]<10;a[0]++)
             *simply to save a few bytes.
             */
            a[0]=10;
            while(a[0]--){
               if(used[a[0]])continue;
               m=y+1*a[0];
               a[1]=m%10;
               if(used[a[1]]||a[0]==a[1])continue;
               used[a[0]]++;
               used[a[1]]++;
               a[2]=10;
               while(a[2]--){
                  if(used[a[2]])continue;
                  n=m+10*a[2];
                  a[3]=(n/10)%10;
                  if(used[a[3]]||a[2]==a[3])continue;
                  used[a[2]]++;
                  used[a[3]]++;
                  a[4]=10;
                  while(a[4]--){
                     if(used[a[4]])continue;
                     o=n+100*a[4];
                     a[5]=(o/100)%10;
                     if(used[a[5]]||a[4]==a[5])continue;
                     used[a[4]]++;
                     used[a[5]]++;
                     a[6]=10;
                     while(a[6]--){
                        if(used[a[6]])continue;
                        p=o+1000*a[6];
                        a[7]=(p/1000)%10;
                        if(used[a[7]]||a[6]==a[7])continue;
                        used[a[6]]++;
                        used[a[7]]++;
                        c=p-y+a[8]*10000+a[9]*10000*10-A;
                        if(c<0)c+=10000*100;
                        if(c-->