697. Degree of an Array
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Given a non-empty array of non-negative integers nums, the degree of this array is defined as the maximum frequency of any one of its elements.
Your task is to find the smallest possible length of a (contiguous) subarray of nums, that has the same degree as nums.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [1,2,2,3,1] Output: 2 Explanation: The input array has a degree of 2 because both elements 1 and 2 appear twice. Of the subarrays that have the same degree: [1, 2, 2, 3, 1], [1, 2, 2, 3], [2, 2, 3, 1], [1, 2, 2], [2, 2, 3], [2, 2] The shortest length is 2. So return 2.
Example 2:
Input: nums = [1,2,2,3,1,4,2] Output: 6 Explanation: The degree is 3 because the element 2 is repeated 3 times. So [2,2,3,1,4,2] is the shortest subarray, therefore returning 6.
Constraints:
nums.lengthwill be between 1 and 50,000.nums[i]will be an integer between 0 and 49,999.
Hints
Hint 1
Say 5 is the only element that occurs the most number of times - for example, nums = [1, 5, 2, 3, 5, 4, 5, 6]. What is the answer?