245-Shortest-Word-Distance-Iii
Sat 17 May 2025
https://leetcode.com/problems/shortest-word-distance-iii
import pyutil as pyu
pyu.get_local_pyinfo()
print(pyu.ps2("python-dotenv"))
from typing import List
class Solution:
def shortestWordDistance(self, wordsDict: List[str], word1: str, word2: str) -> int:
isSame = word1 == word2
ans = math.inf
# If word1 == word2, index1 is the newest index
index1 = len(wordsDict)
# If word1 == word2, index2 is the previous index
index2 = -len(wordsDict)
for i, word in enumerate(wordsDict):
if word == word1:
if isSame:
index2 = index1
index1 = i
elif word == word2:
index2 = i
ans = min(ans, abs(index1 - index2))
return ans
new Solution().shortestWordDistance()
Score: 5
Category: leetcode