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Given an array arr[] of size N where every element is from the range [0, 9]. The task is to reach the last index of the array starting from the first index. From ith index we can move to (i – 1)th, (i + 1)th or to any jth index where j ? i and arr[j] = arr[i].

Examples:  

Input: arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5} 
Output:
First move from the 0th index to the 4th index 
and then from the 4th index to the 5th.

Input: arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1} 
Output:
 

Approach: Construct the graph from the given array where the number of nodes in the graph will be equal to the size of the array. Every node of the graph i will be connected to the (i 1)th node, (i + 1)th node and a node j such that i ? j and arr[i] = arr[j]. Now, the answer will be the minimum edges in the path from index 0 to index N – 1 in the constructed graph. 
The graph for the array arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5} is shown in the image below: 
 

Below is the implementation of the above approach: 

C++




// C++ implementation of the approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define N 100005
 
vector<int> gr[N];
 
// Function to add edge
void add_edge(int u, int v)
{
    gr[u].push_back(v);
    gr[v].push_back(u);
}
 
// Function to return the minimum path
// from 0th node to the (n - 1)th node
int dijkstra(int n)
{
    // To check whether an edge is visited or not
    // and to keep distance of vertex from 0th index
    int vis[n] = { 0 }, dist[n];
 
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        dist[i] = INT_MAX;
 
    // Make 0th index visited and distance is zero
    vis[0] = 1;
    dist[0] = 0;
 
    // Take a queue and push first element
    queue<int> q;
    q.push(0);
 
    // Continue this until all vertices are visited
    while (!q.empty()) {
        int x = q.front();
 
        // Remove the first element
        q.pop();
 
        for (int i = 0; i < gr[x].size(); i++) {
 
            // Check if a vertex is already visited or not
            if (vis[gr[x][i]] == 1)
                continue;
 
            // Make vertex visited
            vis[gr[x][i]] = 1;
 
            // Store the number of moves to reach element
            dist[gr[x][i]] = dist[x] + 1;
 
            // Push the current vertex into the queue
            q.push(gr[x][i]);
        }
    }
 
    // Return the minimum number of
    // moves to reach (n - 1)th index
    return dist[n - 1];
}
 
// Function to return the minimum number of moves
// required to reach the end of the array
int Min_Moves(int a[], int n)
{
 
    // To store the positions of each element
    vector<int> fre[10];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        if (i != n - 1)
            add_edge(i, i + 1);
 
        fre[a[i]].push_back(i);
    }
 
    // Add edge between same elements
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < fre[i].size(); j++) {
            for (int k = j + 1; k < fre[i].size(); k++) {
                if (fre[i][j] + 1 != fre[i][k]
                    and fre[i][j] - 1 != fre[i][k]) {
                    add_edge(fre[i][j], fre[i][k]);
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    // Return the required minimum number of moves
    return dijkstra(n);
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int a[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5 };
    int n = sizeof(a) / sizeof(a[0]);
 
    cout << Min_Moves(a, n);
 
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java implementation of the approach
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG{
     
static ArrayList<
       ArrayList<Integer>> gr = new ArrayList<
                                    ArrayList<Integer>>();
static int N = 100005;
 
// Function to add edge
static void add_edge(int u, int v)
{
    for(int i = 0; i < N; i++)
    {
        gr.add(new ArrayList<Integer>());
    }
    gr.get(u).add(v);
    gr.get(v).add(u);
}
 
// Function to return the minimum path
// from 0th node to the (n - 1)th node
static int dijkstra(int n)
{
     
    // To check whether an edge is visited
    // or not and to keep distance of
    // vertex from 0th index
    int[] vis = new int[n];
    Arrays.fill(vis, 0);
     
    int[] dist = new int[n];
    for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        dist[i] = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
    }
     
    // Make 0th index visited and
    // distance is zero
    vis[0] = 1;
    dist[0] = 0;
     
    // Take a queue and push first element
    Queue<Integer> q = new LinkedList<>();
    q.add(0);
     
    // Continue this until all vertices
    // are visited
    while (q.size() > 0)
    {
         
        // Remove the first element
        int x = q.poll();
        for(int i = 0; i < gr.get(x).size(); i++)
        {
             
            // Check if a vertex is already
            // visited or not
            if (vis[gr.get(x).get(i)] == 1)
            {
                continue;
            }
             
            // Make vertex visited
            vis[gr.get(x).get(i)] = 1;
             
            // Store the number of moves to
            // reach element
            dist[gr.get(x).get(i)] = dist[x] + 1;
             
            // Push the current vertex into
            // the queue
            q.add(gr.get(x).get(i));
        }
    }
     
    // Return the minimum number of
    // moves to reach (n - 1)th index
    return dist[n - 1];
}
 
// Function to return the minimum number of moves
// required to reach the end of the array
static int Min_Moves(int[] a, int n)
{
     
    // To store the positions of each element
    ArrayList<
    ArrayList<Integer>> fre = new ArrayList<
                                  ArrayList<Integer>>();
    for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        fre.add(new ArrayList<Integer>());
    }
    for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        if (i != n - 1)
        {
            add_edge(i, i + 1);
        }
        fre.get(a[i]).add(i);
    }
     
    // Add edge between same elements
    for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        for(int j = 0;
                j < fre.get(i).size();
                j++)
        {
            for(int k = j + 1;
                    k < fre.get(i).size();
                    k++)
            {
                if (fre.get(i).get(j) + 1 !=
                    fre.get(i).get(k) &&
                    fre.get(i).get(j) - 1 !=
                    fre.get(i).get(k))
                {
                    add_edge(fre.get(i).get(j),
                             fre.get(i).get(k));
                }
            }
        }
    }
     
    // Return the required minimum
    // number of moves
    return dijkstra(n);
}
 
// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    int[] a = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5 };
    int n = a.length;
     
    System.out.println(Min_Moves(a, n));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by avanitrachhadiya2155


Python3




# Python3 implementation of the approach
from collections import deque
N = 100005
 
gr = [[] for i in range(N)]
 
# Function to add edge
def add_edge(u, v):
    gr[u].append(v)
    gr[v].append(u)
 
# Function to return the minimum path
# from 0th node to the (n - 1)th node
def dijkstra(n):
     
    # To check whether an edge is visited
    # or not and to keep distance of vertex
    # from 0th index
    vis = [0 for i in range(n)]
    dist = [10**9 for i in range(n)]
 
    # Make 0th index visited and
    # distance is zero
    vis[0] = 1
    dist[0] = 0
 
    # Take a queue and
    # append first element
    q = deque()
    q.append(0)
 
    # Continue this until 
    # all vertices are visited
    while (len(q) > 0):
        x = q.popleft()
 
        # Remove the first element
        for i in gr[x]:
 
            # Check if a vertex is
            # already visited or not
            if (vis[i] == 1):
                continue
 
            # Make vertex visited
            vis[i] = 1
 
            # Store the number of moves
            # to reach element
            dist[i] = dist[x] + 1
 
            # Push the current vertex
            # into the queue
            q.append(i)
 
    # Return the minimum number of
    # moves to reach (n - 1)th index
    return dist[n - 1]
 
# Function to return the minimum number of moves
# required to reach the end of the array
def Min_Moves(a, n):
 
    # To store the positions of each element
    fre = [[] for i in range(10)]
    for i in range(n):
        if (i != n - 1):
            add_edge(i, i + 1)
 
        fre[a[i]].append(i)
 
    # Add edge between same elements
    for i in range(10):
        for j in range(len(fre[i])):
            for k in range(j + 1,len(fre[i])):
                if (fre[i][j] + 1 != fre[i][k] and
                    fre[i][j] - 1 != fre[i][k]):
                    add_edge(fre[i][j], fre[i][k])
 
    # Return the required
    # minimum number of moves
    return dijkstra(n)
 
# Driver code
a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5]
n = len(a)
 
print(Min_Moves(a, n))
 
# This code is contributed by Mohit Kumar


C#




// C# implementation of the approach
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
class GFG
{
    static List<List<int>> gr = new List<List<int>>();
    static int N = 100005;
   
    // Function to add edge
    static void add_edge(int u, int v)
    {
        for(int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        {
            gr.Add(new List<int>());
        }
        gr[u].Add(v);
        gr[v].Add(u);
    }
   
    // Function to return the minimum path
    // from 0th node to the (n - 1)th node
    static int dijkstra(int n)
    {
       
        // To check whether an edge is visited
        // or not and to keep distance of
        // vertex from 0th index
        int[] vis = new int[n];
        Array.Fill(vis, 0);
        int[] dist = new int[n];
        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            dist[i] = Int32.MaxValue;
        }
       
        // Make 0th index visited and
        // distance is zero
        vis[0] = 1;
        dist[0] = 0;
         
        // Take a queue and push first element
        Queue<int> q = new Queue<int>();
        q.Enqueue(0);
         
        // Continue this until all vertices
        // are visited
        while(q.Count > 0)
        {
           
            // Remove the first element
            int x = q.Dequeue();
            for(int i = 0; i < gr[x].Count; i++ )
            {
               
                // Check if a vertex is already
                // visited or not
                if(vis[gr[x][i]] == 1)
                {
                    continue;
                }
               
                // Make vertex visited
                vis[gr[x][i]] = 1;
               
                // Store the number of moves to
                // reach element
                dist[gr[x][i]] = dist[x] + 1;
                 
                // Push the current vertex into
                // the queue
                q.Enqueue(gr[x][i]);
            }
        }
       
        // Return the minimum number of
        // moves to reach (n - 1)th index
        return dist[n - 1];
    }
   
    // Function to return the minimum number of moves
    // required to reach the end of the array
    static int Min_Moves(int[] a, int n)
    {
       
        // To store the positions of each element
        List<List<int>> fre = new List<List<int>>();
        for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        {
            fre.Add(new List<int>());         
        }
        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            if (i != n - 1)
            {
                add_edge(i, i + 1);
            }
            fre[a[i]].Add(i);
        }
       
        // Add edge between same elements
        for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        {
            for(int j = 0; j < fre[i].Count; j++)
            {
                for(int k = j + 1; k < fre[i].Count; k++)
                {
                    if(fre[i][j] + 1 != fre[i][k] &&
                       fre[i][j] - 1 != fre[i][k])
                    {
                        add_edge(fre[i][j], fre[i][k]);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
       
        // Return the required minimum
        // number of moves
        return dijkstra(n);
    }
   
    // Driver code
    static public void Main ()
    {
        int[] a = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5 };
        int n = a.Length;
        Console.WriteLine(Min_Moves(a, n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by rag2127


Javascript




<script>
// Javascript implementation of the approach
 
let gr = [];
let N = 100005;
 
// Function to add edge
function add_edge(u,v)
{
    for(let i = 0; i < N; i++)
    {
        gr.push([]);
    }
    gr[u].push(v);
    gr[v].push(u);
}
 
// Function to return the minimum path
// from 0th node to the (n - 1)th node
function dijkstra(n)
{
    // To check whether an edge is visited
    // or not and to keep distance of
    // vertex from 0th index
    let vis = new Array(n);
    for(let i = 0; i < vis.length; i++)
    {
        vis[i] = 0;
    }
      
    let dist = new Array(n);
    for(let i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        dist[i] = Number.MAX_VALUE;
    }
      
    // Make 0th index visited and
    // distance is zero
    vis[0] = 1;
    dist[0] = 0;
      
    // Take a queue and push first element
    let q = [];
    q.push(0);
      
    // Continue this until all vertices
    // are visited
    while (q.length > 0)
    {
          
        // Remove the first element
        let x = q.shift();
        for(let i = 0; i < gr[x].length; i++)
        {
              
            // Check if a vertex is already
            // visited or not
            if (vis[gr[x][i]] == 1)
            {
                continue;
            }
              
            // Make vertex visited
            vis[gr[x][i]] = 1;
              
            // Store the number of moves to
            // reach element
            dist[gr[x][i]] = dist[x] + 1;
              
            // Push the current vertex into
            // the queue
            q.push(gr[x][i]);
        }
    }
      
    // Return the minimum number of
    // moves to reach (n - 1)th index
    return dist[n - 1];
}
 
// Function to return the minimum number of moves
// required to reach the end of the array
function Min_Moves(a,n)
{
    // To store the positions of each element
    let fre = [];
    for(let i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        fre.push([]);
    }
    for(let i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        if (i != n - 1)
        {
            add_edge(i, i + 1);
        }
        fre[a[i]].push(i);
    }
      
    // Add edge between same elements
    for(let i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        for(let j = 0;
                j < fre[i].length;
                j++)
        {
            for(let k = j + 1;
                    k < fre[i].length;
                    k++)
            {
                if (fre[i][j] + 1 !=
                    fre[i][k] &&
                    fre[i][j] - 1 !=
                    fre[i][k])
                {
                    add_edge(fre[i][j],
                             fre[i][k]);
                }
            }
        }
    }
      
    // Return the required minimum
    // number of moves
    return dijkstra(n);
}
 
// Driver code
let a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5 ];
let n = a.length;
document.write(Min_Moves(a, n));
 
// This code is contributed by unknown2108
</script>


Output: 

2

 

Time complexity: O(n2)

Auxiliary Space: O(n)



Last Updated : 17 Jan, 2022
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