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Given two strings a and b, return the minimum number of times you should repeat string a so that string b is a substring of it. If it is impossible for b​​​​​​ to be a substring of a after repeating it, return -1.

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Notice: string "abc" repeated 0 times is "", repeated 1 time is "abc" and repeated 2 times is "abcabc".

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Example 1:

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\nInput: a = "abcd", b = "cdabcdab"\nOutput: 3\nExplanation: We return 3 because by repeating a three times "abcdabcdabcd", b is a substring of it.\n
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Example 2:

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\nInput: a = "a", b = "aa"\nOutput: 2\n
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