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Statement

 Goal

Squares have been drawn with ASCII characters on a grid.
The objective is to find each of their sizes and in which order they were drawn.
(Each square overlaps another one.)
Input
Line 1 : h the height and w the width of the grid.
Line 2 : nb the number of squares.
h following lines : the content of the grid. '.' for an empty spot,
and a label (between 1 and nb) representing the border of the squares.
Output
nb lines giving in drawing order :
The label and size of each square, separated by a space, in order from the first one drawn to the last.
Constraints
2 ≤ h, w ≤ 10
1 ≤ nb, label ≤ 5
2 ≤ size ≤ 10
Example
Input
5 5
2
..111
22221
2.121
2..2.
2222.
Output
1 3
2 4

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