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Solution: Count Subarrays With Fixed Bounds

Explore how to efficiently count fixed-bound subarrays using the two-pointers technique. Understand how to track positions of minK, maxK, and invalid elements to identify valid subarrays in a single pass, optimizing both time and space complexity.

Statement

Given an integer array, nums, and two integers minK and maxK, return the number of fixed-bound subarrays.

A subarray in nums is called a fixed-bound subarray if it satisfies the following conditions:

  1. The smallest value in the subarray equals minK.

  2. The largest value in the subarray equals maxK.

Note: A subarray is a contiguous sequence of elements within an array.

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