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Subarrays with exactly k distinct

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresSenior–Staff~32 min

Given an array nums of positive integers and an integer k, return the number of subarrays (contiguous) that contain exactly k distinct integers. Constraints: 1 <= len(nums) <= 2*10^4, 1 <= nums[i] <= len(nums), 1 <= k <= len(nums).

Implement
subarrays_k_distinct(nums: list[int], k: int) → int
Examples
in[[1,2,1,2,3],2]out7
What a strong answer looks like

State your approach and its time/space complexity out loud before you optimize. Handle the edge cases (empty input, duplicates, overflow), and say why you chose this over the brute force. Green tests are the floor, not the grade.

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InputExpectedGot
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