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#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>
using namespace std;
char a[1000][1000], stack[1010101];
int visited[1000][1000], stackIndex=0;
int dx[4] = {-1, 0, 1, 0};
int dy[4] = { 0, -1, 0, 1 };
struct qnode {
int x, y;
}queue[1010101];
int qindex, qend;
void bfs(int ex, int ey, int n, int m, int &ans) {
int i, j;
while (qindex < qend) {
i = queue[qindex].x;
j = queue[qindex++].y;
if (i!=ex || j!=ey) {
for (int p = 0; p < 4; p++) {
if (i + dx[p] >= 0 && i + dx[p] < n && j + dy[p] >= 0 && j + dy[p] < m) {
if (visited[i + dx[p]][j + dy[p]] == 0 || visited[i + dx[p]][j + dy[p]] > visited[i][j] + 1) {
visited[i + dx[p]][j + dy[p]] = visited[i][j] + 1;
queue[qend].x = i+dx[p];
queue[qend++].y = j+dy[p];
}
}
}
}
else {
ans = visited[i][j] - 1;
break;
}
}
}
void path(int i, int j, int sx, int sy, int n, int m) {
while (i != sx || j != sy) {
for (int p = 0; p < 4; p++) {
if (i + dx[p] >= 0 && i + dx[p] < n && j + dy[p] >= 0 && j + dy[p] < m) {
if (visited[i + dx[p]][j + dy[p]] == visited[i][j] - 1) {
i = i + dx[p];
j = j + dy[p];
switch (p) {
case 0 : stack[stackIndex--] = 'D'; break;
case 1: stack[stackIndex--] = 'R'; break;
case 2: stack[stackIndex--] = 'U'; break;
case 3: stack[stackIndex--] = 'L';
}
break;
}
}
}
}
}
int main() {
//freopen("sample_input.txt", "r", stdin);
memset(stack, 0, sizeof(stack));
qindex = qend = 0;
int n, m;
cin >> n >> m;
int ans=-1, startx, starty, endx, endy;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < m; j++) {
cin >> a[i][j];
if (a[i][j] == '.') {
visited[i][j] = 0;
} else if (a[i][j] == 'A') {
startx = i;
starty = j;
} else if(a[i][j]=='B'){
endx = i;
endy = j;
} else {
visited[i][j] = -1;
}
}
}
visited[startx][starty] = 1;
queue[qend].x = startx;
queue[qend++].y = starty;
bfs(endx, endy, n, m, ans);
if (ans == -1)
cout << "NO\n";
else {
cout << "YES\n";
cout << ans << "\n";
stackIndex = ans;
stack[stackIndex--] = '\n';
path(endx, endy, startx, starty, n, m);
cout << stack<<"\n";
}
return 0;
}