"content":"<p>You are given a <strong>0-indexed</strong> <strong>circular</strong> string array <code>words</code> and a string <code>target</code>. A <strong>circular array</strong> means that the array's end connects to the array's beginning.</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Formally, the next element of <code>words[i]</code> is <code>words[(i + 1) % n]</code> and the previous element of <code>words[i]</code> is <code>words[(i - 1 + n) % n]</code>, where <code>n</code> is the length of <code>words</code>.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Starting from <code>startIndex</code>, you can move to either the next word or the previous word with <code>1</code> step at a time.</p>\n\n<p>Return <em>the <strong>shortest</strong> distance needed to reach the string</em> <code>target</code>. If the string <code>target</code> does not exist in <code>words</code>, return <code>-1</code>.</p>\n\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong class=\"example\">Example 1:</strong></p>\n\n<pre>\n<strong>Input:</strong> words = ["hello","i","am","leetcode","hello"], target = "hello", startIndex = 1\n<strong>Output:</strong> 1\n<strong>Explanation:</strong> We start from index 1 and can reach "hello" by\n- moving 3 units to the right to reach index 4.\n- moving 2 units to the left to reach index 4.\n- moving 4 units to the right to reach index 0.\n- moving 1 unit to the left to reach index 0.\nThe shortest distance to reach "hello" is 1.\n</pre>\n\n<p><strong class=\"example\">Example 2:</strong></p>\n\n<pre>\n<strong>Input:</strong> words = ["a","b","leetcode"], target = "leetcode", startIndex = 0\n<strong>Output:</strong> 1\n<strong>Explanation:</strong> We start from index 0 and can reach "leetcode" by\n- moving 2 units to the right to reach index 3.\n- moving 1 unit to the left to reach index 3.\nThe shortest distance to reach "leetcode" is 1.</pre>\n\n<p><strong class=\"example\">Example 3:</strong></p>\n\n<pre>\n<strong>Input:</strong> words = ["i","eat","leetcode"], target = "ate", startIndex = 0\n<strong>Output:</strong> -1\n<strong>Explanation:</strong> Since "ate" does not exist in <code>words</code>, we return -1.\n</pre>\n\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><code>1 <= words.length <= 100</code></li>\n\t<li><code>1 <= words[i].length <= 100</code></li>\n\t<li><code>words[i]</code> and <code>target</code> consist of only lowercase English letters.</li>\n\t<li><code>0 <= startIndex < words.length</code></li>\n</ul>\n",
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