# 1217. Minimum Cost to Move Chips to The Same Position

<https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-cost-to-move-chips-to-the-same-position>

## Description

We have `n` chips, where the position of the `ith` chip is `position[i]`.

We need to move all the chips to **the same position**. In one step, we can change the position of the `ith` chip from `position[i]` to:

* `position[i] + 2` or `position[i] - 2` with `cost = 0`.
* `position[i] + 1` or `position[i] - 1` with `cost = 1`.

Return *the minimum cost* needed to move all the chips to the same position.

**Example 1:**

![](https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/08/15/chips_e1.jpg)

```
**Input:** position = [1,2,3]
**Output:** 1
**Explanation:** First step: Move the chip at position 3 to position 1 with cost = 0.
Second step: Move the chip at position 2 to position 1 with cost = 1.
Total cost is 1.
```

**Example 2:**

![](https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/08/15/chip_e2.jpg)

```
**Input:** position = [2,2,2,3,3]
**Output:** 2
**Explanation:** We can move the two chips at position  3 to position 2. Each move has cost = 1. The total cost = 2.
```

**Example 3:**

```
**Input:** position = [1,1000000000]
**Output:** 1
```

**Constraints:**

* `1 <= position.length <= 100`
* `1 <= position[i] <= 10^9`

## ac

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