text: Minimum number of steps required to reach origin from a given point | function to find the minimum moves required to reach origin from ( a , b ) ; Stores the minimum number of moves ; Check if the absolute difference is 1 or 0 ; Store the minimum of a , b ; Store the maximum of a , b ; Prthe answer ; Driver Code ; Given co - ordinates ; Function Call
code: def findMinMoves ( a , b ) : NEW_LINE INDENT ans = 0 NEW_LINE if ( a == b or abs ( a - b ) == 1 ) : NEW_LINE INDENT ans = a + b NEW_LINE DEDENT else : NEW_LINE INDENT k = min ( a , b ) NEW_LINE j = max ( a , b ) NEW_LINE ans = 2 * k + 2 * ( j - k ) - 1 NEW_LINE DEDENT print ( ans ) NEW_LINE DEDENT if __name__ == ' _ _ main _ _ ' : NEW_LINE INDENT a , b = 3 , 5 NEW_LINE findMinMoves ( a , b ) NEW_LINE DEDENT