"content":"<p>We have <code>n</code> chips, where the position of the <code>i<sup>th</sup></code> chip is <code>position[i]</code>.</p>\n\n<p>We need to move all the chips to <strong>the same position</strong>. In one step, we can change the position of the <code>i<sup>th</sup></code> chip from <code>position[i]</code> to:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><code>position[i] + 2</code> or <code>position[i] - 2</code> with <code>cost = 0</code>.</li>\n\t<li><code>position[i] + 1</code> or <code>position[i] - 1</code> with <code>cost = 1</code>.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Return <em>the minimum cost</em> needed to move all the chips to the same position.</p>\n\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong class=\"example\">Example 1:</strong></p>\n<img alt=\"\" src=\"https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/08/15/chips_e1.jpg\" style=\"width: 750px; height: 217px;\" />\n<pre>\n<strong>Input:</strong> position = [1,2,3]\n<strong>Output:</strong> 1\n<strong>Explanation:</strong> First step: Move the chip at position 3 to position 1 with cost = 0.\nSecond step: Move the chip at position 2 to position 1 with cost = 1.\nTotal cost is 1.\n</pre>\n\n<p><strong class=\"example\">Example 2:</strong></p>\n<img alt=\"\" src=\"https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/08/15/chip_e2.jpg\" style=\"width: 750px; height: 306px;\" />\n<pre>\n<strong>Input:</strong> position = [2,2,2,3,3]\n<strong>Output:</strong> 2\n<strong>Explanation:</strong> We can move the two chips at position 3 to position 2. Each move has cost = 1. The total cost = 2.\n</pre>\n\n<p><strong class=\"example\">Example 3:</strong></p>\n\n<pre>\n<strong>Input:</strong> position = [1,1000000000]\n<strong>Output:</strong> 1\n</pre>\n\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><code>1 <= position.length <= 100</code></li>\n\t<li><code>1 <= position[i] <= 10^9</code></li>\n</ul>\n",
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