[LeetCode&Python] Problem 697. Degree of an Array

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: [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: [1,2,2,3,1,4,2]
Output: 6

 

Note:

• nums.length will be between 1 and 50,000.
• nums[i] will be an integer between 0 and 49,999.

 

 

class Solution(object):
    def findShortestSubArray(self, nums):
        """
        :type nums: List[int]
        :rtype: int
        """
        count={}
        left={}
        right={}
        for i,x in enumerate(nums):
            if x not in left: left[x]=i
            right[x]=i
            count[x]=count.get(x,0)+1
        
        degree=max(count.values())
        ans=len(nums)
        
        for x in count:
            if count[x]==degree:
                if ans>right[x]-left[x]+1:
                    ans=right[x]-left[x]+1
        return ans