How to find the maximum distance between two occurrences of same number in array with TypeScript

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function GetMaxDistance(arr : number[]) {
    let map = new Map<any, any>;
    let maximumDistance : number = 0;
    const size : number = arr.length;
    
    for (let i : number = 0; i < size; i++) {
        if (!map.has(arr[i])) {
            map.set(arr[i],i);
            console.log("map[arr[i]]=" + map.get(arr[i]) + " arr[i]=" + arr[i] + " i=" + i);
        }
        else {
            maximumDistance = Math.max(maximumDistance,i - map.get(arr[i]));
            console.log("map[arr[i]]=" + map.get(arr[i]) + " i - map[arr[i]]=" + (i - map.get(arr[i])) + " i=" + i);
        }
    }
    return maximumDistance;
}

const arr : number[] = [7, 1, 4, 3, 1, 5, 3, 4, 9, 1, 3];

console.log(GetMaxDistance(arr));





/*
run:

"map[arr[i]]=0 arr[i]=7 i=0"
"map[arr[i]]=1 arr[i]=1 i=1"
"map[arr[i]]=2 arr[i]=4 i=2"
"map[arr[i]]=3 arr[i]=3 i=3"
"map[arr[i]]=1 i - map[arr[i]]=3 i=4"
"map[arr[i]]=5 arr[i]=5 i=5"
"map[arr[i]]=3 i - map[arr[i]]=3 i=6"
"map[arr[i]]=2 i - map[arr[i]]=5 i=7"
"map[arr[i]]=8 arr[i]=9 i=8"
"map[arr[i]]=1 i - map[arr[i]]=8 i=9"
"map[arr[i]]=3 i - map[arr[i]]=7 i=10"
8

*/

 



answered Dec 17, 2022 by avibootz
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