DEAD END lunchtime

Can somebody help where i am going wrong in problem dead end in lunch time november…
https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/28012555[https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/28012555](https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/28012555)

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Should give 3 but your solution gives 2

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why did you do

a[i]--; 

my approach is a bit similar to yours and i used a map to store positions
https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/28010782
check this out :slight_smile:

Code is perfecly fine (a[i]–) what i thought but forgot to write else statement now i have corrected that in else if loop it should have been >=2 i did ==2 .Because i had a different appproach in my mind while iimplemented the different one…
Have a quick lookhttps://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/28031572