Minimum Knight Moves Problem
Given a square chessboard of size N x N
, determine the minimum number of moves a knight requires to reach a target position from a starting position.
Input:
The first line of input contains an integer 'T', the number of test cases. Each test case contains:
1. An integer 'N', the side length of the chessboard.
2. Two integers 'SX' and 'SY', the starting position of the knight.
3. Two integers 'TX' and 'TY', the target position on the chessboard.
Output:
For each test case, return the minimum number of steps a knight needs to travel from the starting position to the target position.
Example:
Input:
2
8
1 1
8 8
5
1 1
2 3
Output:
6
1
Constraints:
1 ≤ T ≤ 50
1 ≤ N ≤ 100
1 ≤ SX, SY, TX, TY ≤ 100
- Time Limit: 1 second
Notes:
You do not need to print anything; the function should return values for each test case.
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