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3740. Minimum Distance Between Three Equal Elements I

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You are given an integer array nums. A tuple (i, j, k) of 3 distinct indices is good if nums[i] == nums[j] == nums[k]. The distance of a good tuple is abs(i - j) + abs(j - k) + abs(k - i), where abs(x) denotes the absolute value of x. Return an integer denoting the minimum possible distance of a good tuple. If no good tuples exist, return -1. Example 1: Input: nums = [1,2,1,1,3] Output: 6

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