#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define ll long long
using namespace std;
int main()
{
ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(nullptr), cout.tie(nullptr);
ll n, maximum=-1, minimum=INT_MAX;
int min_dis=INT_MAX;
cin >> n;
vector <ll> heights;
vector <int> min_max;
for (ll i=0; i<n; i++) {
ll d; cin >> d;
heights.push_back(d);
if (d >= maximum)
maximum = d;
if (d <= minimum)
minimum = d;
}
for (ll i=0; i<n; i++) {
if (heights[i] == minimum || heights[i] == maximum)
min_max.push_back(i);
}
bool x = true;
for (int i=1; i<min_max.size(); i++) {
if (heights[min_max[i]] != heights[min_max[i-1]]) {
min_dis = min(min_dis, min_max[i]-min_max[i-1]);
x = false;
}
}
if (x)
min_dis = 0;
cout << min_dis;
/*
9
2 1 3 4 8 2 1 4 5
13
2 1 3 4 8 2 1 4 5 2 5 8 1
*/
return 0;
}
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