#345 Minimum Distance Between X and Y Characters

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Yandex

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AlgorithmsStringsPractice

A string consists of the characters 'X', 'Y', and 'O'. Find the shortest distance between 'X' and 'Y', or return 0 if either 'X' or 'Y' is absent. Examples:

"YY" -> 0
"XX" -> 0
"XY" -> 1
"YOX" -> 2
"OOOXOOYOXO" -> 2
"OOOXXOY"-> 2

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