Problem 42319. How close to a hole

Created by igor tubis

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goc3 on 3 Mar 2018

Additional test cases have been added.

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Masato Kanematsu on 18 Jul 2020

I like this solution ! Simple and easy to read.

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bainhome on 28 May 2015

it took me quite a while to figure this one out.your coding thought keep stunning me.amazing idea!

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bainhome on 27 May 2015

Using forward&backward compare,don't see that before,awesome.

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