I'm a software engineer, get me out of here
I'm a software engineer, get me out of here is a draft programming task. It is not yet considered ready to be promoted as a complete task, for reasons that should be found in its talk page.
Your latest contract has hit a snag. You came to update the army payroll system, but awoke this morning to the sound of mortars landing not far away and panicked generals banging on you door. The President has loaded his gold on trucks and needs to find the shortest route to safety. You are given the following map. The top left hand corner is (0,0). You and The President are located at HQ in the centre of the country (11,11). Numbers other than 0 indicate the number of cells that his party will travel in a day in any direction up, down, left, right, or diagonally.
00000 00003130000 000321322221000 00231222432132200 0041433223233211100 0232231612142618530 003152122326114121200 031252235216111132210 022211246332311115210 00113232262121317213200 03152118212313211411110 03231234121132221411410 03513213411311414112320 00427534125412213211400 013322444412122123210 015132331312411123120 003333612214233913300 0219126511415312570 0021321524341325100 00211415413523200 000122111322000 00001120000 00000