Array Minimum Distance Source

[What It Is](#what-it-is) ## What It Is * Given an unsorted array `arr[]` and two numbers x and y, find the minimum distance between `x` and `y` in `arr[]`. The array might also contain duplicates. You may assume that both `x` and `y` are different and present in `arr[]`. Examples -------------------------- > * Input: arr[] = {1, 2}, x = 1, y = 2 > * Output: Minimum distance between 1 and 2 is 1. > * Input: arr[] = {3, 4, 5}, x = 3, y = 5 > * Output: Minimum distance between 3 and 5 is 2. > * Input: arr[] = {3, 5, 4, 2, 6, 5, 6, 6, 5, 4, 8, 3}, x = 3, y = 6 > * Output: Minimum distance between 3 and 6 is 4. > * Input: arr[] = {2, 5, 3, 5, 4, 4, 2, 3}, x = 3, y = 2 > * Output: Minimum distance between 3 and 2 is 1. METHOD 1 (Simple) -------------------------- Use two loops: The outer loop picks all the elements of arr[] one by one. The inner loop picks all the elements after the element picked by outer loop. If the elements picked by outer and inner loops have same values as x or y then if needed update the minimum distance calculated so far. **Algorithm Complexity** | Complexity | Notation | | ----------------- |:---------:| | `Time Complexity` | `O(n^2)` |