LeetCode Shortest Distance to a Character Solution Explained - Java

The Best Place To Learn Anything Coding Related - bit.ly/3MFZLIZ
Join my free exclusive community built to empower programmers! - www.skool.com/...
Preparing For Your Coding Interviews? Use These Resources
--------------------
(My Course) Data Structures & Algorithms for Coding Interviews - thedailybyte.d...
AlgoCademy - algocademy.com...
Daily Coding Interview Questions - bit.ly/3xw1Sqz
10% Off Of The Best Web Hosting! - hostinger.com/...
Follow Me on X/Twitter - x.com/nickwhit...
Follow My Instagram - / nickwwhite
Other Social Media
----------------------------------------------
Discord - / discord
Twitch - / nickwhitettv
TikTok - / nickwhitetiktok
LinkedIn - / nicholas-w-white
Show Support
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Patreon - / nick_white
PayPal - paypal.me/nick....
Become A Member - / @nickwhite
#coding #programming #softwareengineering

[@dhananjaysathe8223]

Values in the step 2 seems to be wrong the array should be
[ 12, 13,14,0,1,0,0,1,2,3,4,0]
How can min( -12,3) be 3?? as per step 4

[@NickWhite]

Dhananjay Sathe I make mistakes once in a while my G don’t really feel like checking but you’re probably right

[@NickWhite]

yeah i just looked at it you're right i must've accidentally typed that it should be 12, 13, 14 because i - - n = i + n = 0 + 12 etc

[@abhisheksuryavanshi9675]

Every time you say it's a pretty easy problem, I just go back to the problem and try to solve it again!

[@curesnow6493]

Your solution is very easy to understand Nick! How can we tell when we need to iterate through the array twice? From left to right and right to left?

[@utpalborgohain2781]

Wow , awesome algorithm for solving the problem.Thanks for sharing!

[@johnleonardo]

Nick White the legend as always. Senpai Nick.

[@yasssh7835]

Pretty good explaination!

[@driziiD]

very good explanation!

[@officialabdulrehman]

Thank you. You are OG!

[@akansha_vatsa]

best explanation... !

[@cupofjava5480]

sorry bro, but you write copied code and you don't even know what are you writing