Class Solution

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    2515 - Shortest Distance to Target String in a Circular Array\.

    Easy

    You are given a 0-indexed circular string array words and a string target. A circular array means that the array's end connects to the array's beginning.

    • Formally, the next element of words[i] is words[(i + 1) % n] and the previous element of words[i] is words[(i - 1 + n) % n], where n is the length of words.

    Starting from startIndex, you can move to either the next word or the previous word with 1 step at a time.

    Return the shortest distance needed to reach the string target. If the string target does not exist in words, return -1.

    Example 1:

    Input: words = "hello","i","am","leetcode","hello", target = "hello", startIndex = 1

    Output: 1

    Explanation: We start from index 1 and can reach "hello" by

    • moving 3 units to the right to reach index 4.

    • moving 2 units to the left to reach index 4.

    • moving 4 units to the right to reach index 0.

    • moving 1 unit to the left to reach index 0. The shortest distance to reach "hello" is 1.

    Example 2:

    Input: words = "a","b","leetcode", target = "leetcode", startIndex = 0

    Output: 1

    Explanation: We start from index 0 and can reach "leetcode" by

    • moving 2 units to the right to reach index 3.

    • moving 1 unit to the left to reach index 3.

    The shortest distance to reach "leetcode" is 1.

    Example 3:

    Input: words = "i","eat","leetcode", target = "ate", startIndex = 0

    Output: -1

    Explanation: Since "ate" does not exist in words, we return -1.

    Constraints:

    • 1 <= words.length <= 100

    • 1 <= words[i].length <= 100

    • words[i] and target consist of only lowercase English letters.

    • 0 <= startIndex < words.length

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      final Integer closetTarget(Array<String> words, String target, Integer startIndex)
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