Minimum Index Distance Between Person and Cake
Complete the function below. The function receives the full standard input as a single string and must return the exact standard output lines for the described problem.
Problem
Minimum Index Distance Between Person and Cake in a Ternary Array
Given a 1D array A of length n where each element is in {0,1,2}:
0 means empty
1 means person
2 means cake
Compute the minimum distance between any person (1) and any cake (2) in terms of index difference:
[ \min_{i,j} |i-j| \quad \text{where } A[i]=1, A[j]=2 ]
If there is no valid pair (the array does not contain both 1 and 2), output -1.
Input
Line 1: integer n
Line 2: n integers describing A
Output
One line: the minimum distance, or -1
Constraints
1 <= n <= 2*10^5
Sample Tests (5)
Input:
5
0 1 0 2 0
Output:
2
Input:
6
1 0 0 0 2 0
Output:
4
Input:
6
1 0 2 0 2 1
Output:
1
Input:
4
0 0 0 0
Output:
-1
Input:
3
2 0 2
Output:
-1
Example
Input
5
0 1 0 2 0
Output
2
Complete solveMinimumPersonCakeDistance. It has one parameter, String input, containing the full stdin payload. Return the stdout payload as an array of lines, without trailing newline characters.
1Example 1
The returned string array must match the expected standard output lines for the sample input.
Constraints
Limits and guarantees your solution can rely on.
Use the limits and requirements stated in the prompt.