Easy
Degree of an Array — C++
Full explanation · Time O(n) · Space O(n)
// Time: O(n)
// Space: O(n)
class Solution {
public:
int findShortestSubArray(vector<int>& nums) {
unordered_map<int, int> left, right;
unordered_map<int, int> counts;
for (int i = 0; i < nums.size(); ++i) {
if (left.count(nums[i]) == 0) {
left[nums[i]] = i;
}
right[nums[i]] = i;
++counts[nums[i]];
}
auto degree = max_element(counts.begin(), counts.end(),
[](const pair<int, int>& a,
const pair<int, int>& b) {
return a.second < b.second;
})->second;
auto result = numeric_limits<int>::max();
for (const auto& kvp : counts) {
if (kvp.second == degree) {
result = min(result, right[kvp.first] - left[kvp.first] + 1);
}
}
return result;
}
};