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Sliding Window (Min Window)

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Use when you want the minimum length window that satisfies a requirement, where:

  • Once valid, you should shrink to make it as small as possible
  • If invalid, you must grow by moving rhs

Keywords for identifying Min Window Problems

→ “minimum window”

→ “smallest substring/subarray that satisfies…”

→ “contains all required…”

→ “at least X / covers requirements”

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