#pragma GCC target("avx2,bmi,bmi2,lzcnt,popcnt")
//#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
//#undef LOCAL


#include <unistd.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
#include <cassert>
#include <cctype>
#include <cstring>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <type_traits>
#include <vector>
#include <bit>
#include <cstdint>


#include <cassert>
#include <numeric>
#include <type_traits>

namespace yosupo {

namespace internal {

template <class T>
using is_signed_int128 =
    typename std::conditional<std::is_same<T, __int128_t>::value ||
                                  std::is_same<T, __int128>::value,
                              std::true_type,
                              std::false_type>::type;

template <class T>
using is_unsigned_int128 =
    typename std::conditional<std::is_same<T, __uint128_t>::value ||
                                  std::is_same<T, unsigned __int128>::value,
                              std::true_type,
                              std::false_type>::type;

template <class T>
using make_unsigned_int128 =
    typename std::conditional<std::is_same<T, __int128_t>::value,
                              __uint128_t,
                              unsigned __int128>;

template <class T>
using is_integral =
    typename std::conditional<std::is_integral<T>::value ||
                                  internal::is_signed_int128<T>::value ||
                                  internal::is_unsigned_int128<T>::value,
                              std::true_type,
                              std::false_type>::type;

template <class T>
using is_signed_int = typename std::conditional<(is_integral<T>::value &&
                                                 std::is_signed<T>::value) ||
                                                    is_signed_int128<T>::value,
                                                std::true_type,
                                                std::false_type>::type;

template <class T>
using is_unsigned_int =
    typename std::conditional<(is_integral<T>::value &&
                               std::is_unsigned<T>::value) ||
                                  is_unsigned_int128<T>::value,
                              std::true_type,
                              std::false_type>::type;

template <class T>
using to_unsigned = typename std::conditional<
    is_signed_int128<T>::value,
    make_unsigned_int128<T>,
    typename std::conditional<std::is_signed<T>::value,
                              std::make_unsigned<T>,
                              std::common_type<T>>::type>::type;

template <class T>
using is_integral_t = std::enable_if_t<is_integral<T>::value>;

template <class T>
using is_signed_int_t = std::enable_if_t<is_signed_int<T>::value>;

template <class T>
using is_unsigned_int_t = std::enable_if_t<is_unsigned_int<T>::value>;

template <class T> using to_unsigned_t = typename to_unsigned<T>::type;

}  // namespace internal

}  // namespace yosupo

namespace yosupo {

struct Scanner {
  public:
    Scanner(const Scanner&) = delete;
    Scanner& operator=(const Scanner&) = delete;

    Scanner(FILE* fp) : fd(fileno(fp)) { line[0] = 127; }

    void read() {}
    template <class H, class... T> void read(H& h, T&... t) {
        bool f = read_single(h);
        assert(f);
        read(t...);
    }

    int read_unsafe() { return 0; }
    template <class H, class... T> int read_unsafe(H& h, T&... t) {
        bool f = read_single(h);
        if (!f) return 0;
        return 1 + read_unsafe(t...);
    }

    int close() { return ::close(fd); }

  private:
    static constexpr int SIZE = 1 << 15;

    int fd = -1;
    std::array<char, SIZE + 1> line;
    int st = 0, ed = 0;
    bool eof = false;

    bool read_single(std::string& ref) {
        if (!skip_space()) return false;
        ref = "";
        while (true) {
            char c = top();
            if (c <= ' ') break;
            ref += c;
            st++;
        }
        return true;
    }
    bool read_single(double& ref) {
        std::string s;
        if (!read_single(s)) return false;
        ref = std::stod(s);
        return true;
    }

    template <class T,
              std::enable_if_t<std::is_same<T, char>::value>* = nullptr>
    bool read_single(T& ref) {
        if (!skip_space<50>()) return false;
        ref = top();
        st++;
        return true;
    }

    template <class T,
              internal::is_signed_int_t<T>* = nullptr,
              std::enable_if_t<!std::is_same<T, char>::value>* = nullptr>
    bool read_single(T& sref) {
        using U = internal::to_unsigned_t<T>;
        if (!skip_space<50>()) return false;
        bool neg = false;
        if (line[st] == '-') {
            neg = true;
            st++;
        }
        U ref = 0;
        do {
            ref = 10 * ref + (line[st++] & 0x0f);
        } while (line[st] >= '0');
        sref = neg ? -ref : ref;
        return true;
    }
    template <class U,
              internal::is_unsigned_int_t<U>* = nullptr,
              std::enable_if_t<!std::is_same<U, char>::value>* = nullptr>
    bool read_single(U& ref) {
        if (!skip_space<50>()) return false;
        ref = 0;
        do {
            ref = 10 * ref + (line[st++] & 0x0f);
        } while (line[st] >= '0');
        return true;
    }

    bool reread() {
        if (ed - st >= 50) return true;
        if (st > SIZE / 2) {
            std::memmove(line.data(), line.data() + st, ed - st);
            ed -= st;
            st = 0;
        }
        if (eof) return false;
        auto u = ::read(fd, line.data() + ed, SIZE - ed);
        if (u == 0) {
            eof = true;
            line[ed] = '\0';
            u = 1;
        }
        ed += int(u);
        line[ed] = char(127);
        return true;
    }

    char top() {
        if (st == ed) {
            bool f = reread();
            assert(f);
        }
        return line[st];
    }

    template <int TOKEN_LEN = 0> bool skip_space() {
        while (true) {
            while (line[st] <= ' ') st++;
            if (ed - st > TOKEN_LEN) return true;
            if (st > ed) st = ed;
            for (auto i = st; i < ed; i++) {
                if (line[i] <= ' ') return true;
            }
            if (!reread()) return false;
        }
    }
};

struct Printer {
  public:
    template <char sep = ' ', bool F = false> void write() {}
    template <char sep = ' ', bool F = false, class H, class... T>
    void write(const H& h, const T&... t) {
        if (F) write_single(sep);
        write_single(h);
        write<true>(t...);
    }
    template <char sep = ' ', class... T> void writeln(const T&... t) {
        write<sep>(t...);
        write_single('\n');
    }

    Printer(FILE* _fp) : fd(fileno(_fp)) {}
    ~Printer() { flush(); }

    int close() {
        flush();
        return ::close(fd);
    }

    void flush() {
        if (pos) {
            auto res = ::write(fd, line.data(), pos);
            assert(res != -1);
            pos = 0;
        }
    }

  private:
    static std::array<std::array<char, 2>, 100> small;
    static std::array<unsigned long long, 20> tens;

    static constexpr size_t SIZE = 1 << 15;
    int fd;
    std::array<char, SIZE> line;
    size_t pos = 0;
    std::stringstream ss;

    template <class T,
              std::enable_if_t<std::is_same<char, T>::value>* = nullptr>
    void write_single(const T& val) {
        if (pos == SIZE) flush();
        line[pos++] = val;
    }

    template <class T,
              internal::is_signed_int_t<T>* = nullptr,
              std::enable_if_t<!std::is_same<char, T>::value>* = nullptr>
    void write_single(const T& val) {
        using U = internal::to_unsigned_t<T>;
        if (val == 0) {
            write_single('0');
            return;
        }
        if (pos > SIZE - 50) flush();
        U uval = val;
        if (val < 0) {
            write_single('-');
            uval = -uval;
        }
        write_unsigned(uval);
    }

    template <class U, internal::is_unsigned_int_t<U>* = nullptr>
    void write_single(U uval) {
        if (uval == 0) {
            write_single('0');
            return;
        }
        if (pos > SIZE - 50) flush();

        write_unsigned(uval);
    }

    static int calc_len(uint64_t x) {
        int i = ((63 - std::countl_zero(x)) * 3 + 3) / 10;
        if (x < tens[i])
            return i;
        else
            return i + 1;
    }

    template <class U,
              internal::is_unsigned_int_t<U>* = nullptr,
              std::enable_if_t<2 >= sizeof(U)>* = nullptr>
    void write_unsigned(U uval) {
        size_t len = calc_len(uval);
        pos += len;

        char* ptr = line.data() + pos;
        while (uval >= 100) {
            ptr -= 2;
            memcpy(ptr, small[uval % 100].data(), 2);
            uval /= 100;
        }
        if (uval >= 10) {
            memcpy(ptr - 2, small[uval].data(), 2);
        } else {
            *(ptr - 1) = char('0' + uval);
        }
    }

    template <class U,
              internal::is_unsigned_int_t<U>* = nullptr,
              std::enable_if_t<4 == sizeof(U)>* = nullptr>
    void write_unsigned(U uval) {
        std::array<char, 8> buf;
        memcpy(buf.data() + 6, small[uval % 100].data(), 2);
        memcpy(buf.data() + 4, small[uval / 100 % 100].data(), 2);
        memcpy(buf.data() + 2, small[uval / 10000 % 100].data(), 2);
        memcpy(buf.data() + 0, small[uval / 1000000 % 100].data(), 2);

        if (uval >= 100000000) {
            if (uval >= 1000000000) {
                memcpy(line.data() + pos, small[uval / 100000000 % 100].data(),
                       2);
                pos += 2;
            } else {
                line[pos] = char('0' + uval / 100000000);
                pos++;
            }
            memcpy(line.data() + pos, buf.data(), 8);
            pos += 8;
        } else {
            size_t len = calc_len(uval);
            memcpy(line.data() + pos, buf.data() + (8 - len), len);
            pos += len;
        }
    }

    template <class U,
              internal::is_unsigned_int_t<U>* = nullptr,
              std::enable_if_t<8 == sizeof(U)>* = nullptr>
    void write_unsigned(U uval) {
        size_t len = calc_len(uval);
        pos += len;

        char* ptr = line.data() + pos;
        while (uval >= 100) {
            ptr -= 2;
            memcpy(ptr, small[uval % 100].data(), 2);
            uval /= 100;
        }
        if (uval >= 10) {
            memcpy(ptr - 2, small[uval].data(), 2);
        } else {
            *(ptr - 1) = char('0' + uval);
        }
    }

    template <
        class U,
        std::enable_if_t<internal::is_unsigned_int128<U>::value>* = nullptr>
    void write_unsigned(U uval) {
        static std::array<char, 50> buf;
        size_t len = 0;
        while (uval > 0) {
            buf[len++] = char((uval % 10) + '0');
            uval /= 10;
        }
        std::reverse(buf.begin(), buf.begin() + len);
        memcpy(line.data() + pos, buf.data(), len);
        pos += len;
    }

    void write_single(const std::string& s) {
        for (char c : s) write_single(c);
    }
    void write_single(const char* s) {
        size_t len = strlen(s);
        for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) write_single(s[i]);
    }
    template <class T> void write_single(const std::vector<T>& val) {
        auto n = val.size();
        for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            if (i) write_single(' ');
            write_single(val[i]);
        }
    }
};

std::array<std::array<char, 2>, 100> Printer::small = [] {
    std::array<std::array<char, 2>, 100> table;
    for (int i = 0; i <= 99; i++) {
        table[i][1] = char('0' + (i % 10));
        table[i][0] = char('0' + (i / 10 % 10));
    }
    return table;
}();
std::array<unsigned long long, 20> Printer::tens = [] {
    std::array<unsigned long long, 20> table;
    for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
        table[i] = 1;
        for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
            table[i] *= 10;
        }
    }
    return table;
}();

}  // namespace yosupo
using namespace yosupo;

#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
#include <bitset>
#include <cassert>
#include <complex>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <numeric>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <vector>
#include <memory>
#include <utility>

using namespace std;

using uint = unsigned int;
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
constexpr ll TEN(int n) { return (n == 0) ? 1 : 10 * TEN(n - 1); }
template <class T> using V = vector<T>;
template <class T> using VV = V<V<T>>;

#ifdef LOCAL

ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, __int128_t x) {
    if (x < 0) {
        os << "-";
        x *= -1;
    }
    if (x == 0) {
        return os << "0";
    }
    string s;
    while (x) {
        s += char(x % 10 + '0');
        x /= 10;
    }
    reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
    return os << s;
}
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, __uint128_t x) {
    if (x == 0) {
        return os << "0";
    }
    string s;
    while (x) {
        s += char(x % 10 + '0');
        x /= 10;
    }
    reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
    return os << s;
}

template <class T, class U>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const pair<T, U>& p);
template <class T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const V<T>& v);
template <class T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const deque<T>& v);
template <class T, size_t N>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const array<T, N>& a);
template <class T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const set<T>& s);
template <class T, class U>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const map<T, U>& m);

template <class T, class U>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const pair<T, U>& p) {
    return os << "P(" << p.first << ", " << p.second << ")";
}

template <class T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const V<T>& v) {
    os << "[";
    bool f = false;
    for (auto d : v) {
        if (f) os << ", ";
        f = true;
        os << d;
    }
    return os << "]";
}

template <class T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const deque<T>& v) {
    os << "[";
    bool f = false;
    for (auto d : v) {
        if (f) os << ", ";
        f = true;
        os << d;
    }
    return os << "]";
}
template <class T, size_t N>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const array<T, N>& a) {
    os << "[";
    bool f = false;
    for (auto d : a) {
        if (f) os << ", ";
        f = true;
        os << d;
    }
    return os << "]";
}

template <class T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const set<T>& s) {
    os << "{";
    bool f = false;
    for (auto d : s) {
        if (f) os << ", ";
        f = true;
        os << d;
    }
    return os << "}";
}
template <class T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const multiset<T>& s) {
    os << "{";
    bool f = false;
    for (auto d : s) {
        if (f) os << ", ";
        f = true;
        os << d;
    }
    return os << "}";
}

template <class T, class U>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const map<T, U>& s) {
    os << "{";
    bool f = false;
    for (auto p : s) {
        if (f) os << ", ";
        f = true;
        os << p.first << ": " << p.second;
    }
    return os << "}";
}

struct PrettyOS {
    ostream& os;
    bool first;

    template <class T> auto operator<<(T&& x) {
        if (!first) os << ", ";
        first = false;
        os << x;
        return *this;
    }
};
template <class... T> void dbg0(T&&... t) {
    (PrettyOS{cerr, true} << ... << t);
}
#define dbg(...)                                            \
    do {                                                    \
        cerr << __LINE__ << " : " << #__VA_ARGS__ << " = "; \
        dbg0(__VA_ARGS__);                                  \
        cerr << endl;                                       \
    } while (false);
#else
#define dbg(...)
#endif

Scanner sc = Scanner(stdin);
Printer pr = Printer(stdout);

void solve() {
    int n, m;
    sc.read(n, m);

    V<int> a(m);
    for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) {
        sc.read(a[i]);
    }

    V<string> ans;

    auto check = [&](int md, bool restore = false) {
        if (restore) ans = V<string>(n, string(m, '.'));

        V<int> pos(md);
        iota(pos.begin(), pos.end(), 0);
        for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) {
            int b = max(0, a[i] - md);
            V<int> npos(md);

            int rem = a[i];

            for (int j = md - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
                int nx = (j + 1 == md ? n : pos[j + 1]);
                int u = min(b, nx - pos[j] - 1);
                npos[j] = pos[j] + u;

                if (restore) {
                    for (int k = pos[j]; k <= npos[j]; k++) {
                        if (rem) {
                            ans[n - 1 - k][i] = '#';
                            rem--;
                        }
                    }
                }

                b -= u;
            }
            pos = npos;
            if (b) return false;
        }
        return true;
    };
    int lw = 0, up = n;
    while (up - lw > 1) {
        int md = (lw + up) / 2;

        if (check(md)) {
            up = md;
        } else {
            lw = md;
        }
    }

    check(up, true);    

    pr.writeln(up);
    for (auto s : ans) {
        pr.writeln(s);
    }
}

int main() {
    int t;
    sc.read(t);

    for (int i = 0; i < t; i++) {
        solve();
    }
    return 0;
}

In file included from /usr/include/c++/13/string:43,
                 from /usr/include/c++/13/bits/locale_classes.h:40,
                 from /usr/include/c++/13/bits/ios_base.h:41,
                 from /usr/include/c++/13/ios:44,
                 from /usr/include/c++/13/istream:40,
                 from /usr/include/c++/13/sstream:40,
                 from answer.code:12:
/usr/include/c++/13/bits/allocator.h: In destructor ‘constexpr std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>::_Alloc_hider::~_Alloc_hider()’:
/usr/include/c++/13/bits/allocator.h:184:7: error: inlining failed in call to ‘always_inline’ ‘constexpr std::allocator< <template-parameter-1-1> >::~allocator() noexcept [with _Tp = char]’: target specific option mismatch
  184 |       ~allocator() _GLIBCXX_NOTHROW { }
      |       ^
In file included from /usr/include/c++/13/string:54:
/usr/include/c++/13/bits/basic_string.h:181:14: note: called from here
  181 |       struct _Alloc_hider : allocator_type // TODO check __is_final
      |              ^~~~~~~~~~~~