Approaches to find the shortest distance between two words

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  • Brute Force
  • Optimal Approach

JavaScript Program to Find Shortest Distance Between Two Words in an Array of Words

Given an array of words and two target words, the task is to find the shortest distance (minimum number of words) between the two target words in the array. The distance is calculated by counting the number of words between the two target words, excluding the target words themselves.

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Approaches to find the shortest distance between two words

Table of Content Brute Force Optimal Approach...

Approach 1: Brute Force

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Approach 2: Optimal Approach

One straightforward approach is to iterate through the array and keep track of the indices of the two target words. Then, compute the minimum distance between the indices....

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