Class Solution
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1848 - Minimum Distance to the Target Element.
Easy
Given an integer array
nums
(0-indexed) and two integerstarget
andstart
, find an indexi
such thatnums[i] == target
andabs(i - start)
is minimized. Note thatabs(x)
is the absolute value ofx
.Return
abs(i - start)
.It is guaranteed that
target
exists innums
.Example 1:
Input: nums = 1,2,3,4,5, target = 5, start = 3
Output: 1
Explanation: nums4 = 5 is the only value equal to target, so the answer is abs(4 - 3) = 1.
Example 2:
Input: nums = 1, target = 1, start = 0
Output: 0
Explanation: nums0 = 1 is the only value equal to target, so the answer is abs(0 - 0) = 0.
Example 3:
Input: nums = 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1, target = 1, start = 0
Output: 0
Explanation: Every value of nums is 1, but nums0 minimizes abs(i - start), which is abs(0 - 0) = 0.
Constraints:
1 <= nums.length <= 1000
<code>1 <= numsi<= 10<sup>4</sup></code>
0 <= start < nums.length
target
is innums
.