Minimum Direction Changes Problem Statement

Given a 2D grid with 'N' rows and 'M' columns, where each cell contains a character from the set { 'U', 'L', 'D', 'R' } indicating the allowed direction to move to a neighboring cell, determine the minimum number of cells that need to be changed to create a valid path from the top-left to the bottom-right corner of the grid.

Input:

 T 
N M
grid[0][0] grid[0][1] ... grid[0][M-1]
...
grid[N-1][0] grid[N-1][1] ... grid[N-1][M-1]

Output:

 Minimum number of direction changes to create the path for each test case. 

Example:

Input:
1 
2 2
R D
L D
Output:
0
Explanation:

The given grid allows a direct path from top-left to bottom-right following the directions without any changes.

Constraints:

  • 1 ≤ T ≤ 10
  • 1 ≤ N, M ≤ 100
  • Each cell contains one of {'U', 'L', 'D', 'R'}.
  • Time Limit: 1 second

Note:

You do not need to handle input/output. Implement the function and return the result.

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