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# 1848. Minimum Distance to the Target Element

<https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-distance-to-the-target-element>

## Description

Given an integer array `nums` **(0-indexed)** and two integers `target` and `start`, find an index `i` such that `nums[i] == target` and `abs(i - start)` is **minimized**. Note that `abs(x)` is the absolute value of `x`.

Return `abs(i - start)`.

It is **guaranteed** that `target` exists in `nums`.

**Example 1:**

```
**Input:** nums = [1,2,3,4,5], target = 5, start = 3
**Output:** 1
**Explanation:** nums[4] = 5 is the only value equal to target, so the answer is abs(4 - 3) = 1.
```

**Example 2:**

```
**Input:** nums = [1], target = 1, start = 0
**Output:** 0
**Explanation:** nums[0] = 1 is the only value equal to target, so the answer is abs(0 - 0) = 0.
```

**Example 3:**

```
**Input:** nums = [1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1], target = 1, start = 0
**Output:** 0
**Explanation:** Every value of nums is 1, but nums[0] minimizes abs(i - start), which is abs(0 - 0) = 0.
```

**Constraints:**

* `1 <= nums.length <= 1000`
* `1 <= nums[i] <= 104`
* `0 <= start < nums.length`
* `target` is in `nums`.

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