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Min size sub array with the same degree as the original array

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#1,784 opened on Oct 17, 2017

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Given a non-empty array of non-negative integers nums, the degree of this array is defined as the maximum frequency of any one of its elements.

The task is to find the smallest possible length of a (contiguous) subarray of nums, that has the same degree as nums.

For e.g:

Input: [1, 2, 2, 3, 1]
Output: 2
Explanation: 
The input array has a degree of 2 because both elements 1 and 2 appear twice.
Of the subarrays that have the same degree:
[1, 2, 2, 3, 1], [1, 2, 2, 3], [2, 2, 3, 1], [1, 2, 2], [2, 2, 3], [2, 2]
The shortest length is 2. So return 2.

Adding a PR for CPP version for this using unordered_map.

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