Codeforces Global Round 20
C
Unequal Array
Codeforces
1100
原题
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You are given an array $a$ of length $n$. We define the equality of the array as the number of indices $1 \le i \le n - 1$ such that $a_i = a_{i + 1}$. We are allowed to do the following operation:

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  • Select two integers $i$ and $x$ such that $1 \le i \le n - 1$ and $1 \le x \le 10^9$. Then, set $a_i$ and $a_{i + 1}$ to be equal to $x$.
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Find the minimum number of operations needed such that the equality of the array is less than or equal to $1$.

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Input

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Each test contains multiple test cases. The first line contains a single integer $t$ ($1 \leq t \leq 10^4$) — the number of test cases. The description of the test cases follows.

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The first line of each test case contains an integer $n$ ($2 \le n \le 2 \cdot 10 ^ 5$) — the length of array $a$.

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The second line of each test case contains $n$ integers $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n$ ($1 \le a_i \le 10^9$) — elements of the array.

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It is guaranteed that the sum of $n$ over all test cases does not exceed $2 \cdot 10 ^ 5$

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Output

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For each test case, print the minimum number of operations needed.

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Note

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In the first test case, we can select $i=2$ and $x=2$ to form $[1, 2, 2, 1, 1]$. Then, we can select $i=3$ and $x=3$ to form $[1, 2, 3, 3, 1]$.

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In the second test case, we can select $i=3$ and $x=100$ to form $[2, 1, 100, 100, 2]$.

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样例

Input #1
4
5
1 1 1 1 1
5
2 1 1 1 2
6
1 1 2 3 3 4
6
1 2 1 4 5 4
Output #1
2
1
2
0
InputCopy OutputCopy
题目信息
题号
1672C
时间限制
1 s
内存限制
256 MB
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