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Author: MishkatIT

2338-minimum-consecutive-cards-to-pick-up/2338-minimum-consecutive-cards-to-pick-up.cpp

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+class Solution {
+public:
+    int minimumCardPickup(vector<int>& v) {
+        unordered_map<int, int> mp;
+        int ans = INT_MAX;
+        for (int i = 0; i < (int)v.size(); i++)
+        {
+            if(mp[v[i]])
+                ans = min(ans, abs(mp[v[i]] - i) + 2);
+            mp[v[i]] = i + 1;
+        }
+        if(ans == INT_MAX)
+            ans = -1;
+        return ans;
+    }
+};