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This puzzle can be solved using the following concepts. Practice using these concepts and improve your skills.

Statement

 Goal

Your nephew wants you to help him with his magic coloring. He doesn't want you to color for him, but rather to help him count the number of color blocks.

To do this, you've been given a set of simplified drawings. The drawings are grids of x columns and y rows. Each square can be either without color (white) 0, or colored with a color between 1 and 9 inclusive.

A "color block" is defined as all squares of the same color directly connected vertically or horizontally.

Example:
Here's a drawing:
00000
01120
00000
33340

Expected output format:
color number -> number of color blocks

In this example, there are 4 color blocks:
1 -> 1 (in the center with color 1 consisting of 2 cells)
2 -> 1 (in the right center with color 2 consisting of 1 cell)
3 -> 1 (at the bottom with color 3 consisting of 3 cells)
4 -> 1 (at the right bottom with color 4 consisting of 1 cell)

If you can't count some coloured blocks, explain to your nephew that : No coloring today
Input
Line 1: x and y which are the number of columns and rows of the drawing
Next y Lines: A string of digits for one line of the drawing
Output
One Line per color number: color number -> number of color blocks sorted in ascending order
or One line: No coloring today
Constraints
1≤x≤50
1≤y≤50
0≤Number of different colors≤9
Example
Input
6 7
000000
100010
110000
111000
111110
101110
111111
Output
1 -> 2

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