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The minimum absolute difference of an array a is defined as the minimum value of |a[i] - a[j]|, where 0 <= i < j < a.length and a[i] != a[j]. If all elements of a are the same, the minimum absolute difference is -1.

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You are given an integer array nums and the array queries where queries[i] = [li, ri]. For each query i, compute the minimum absolute difference of the subarray nums[li...ri] containing the elements of nums between the 0-based indices li and ri (inclusive).

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Return an array ans where ans[i] is the answer to the ith query.

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A subarray is a contiguous sequence of elements in an array.

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The value of |x| is defined as:

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Example 1:

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\nInput: nums = [1,3,4,8], queries = [[0,1],[1,2],[2,3],[0,3]]\nOutput: [2,1,4,1]\nExplanation: The queries are processed as follows:\n- queries[0] = [0,1]: The subarray is [1,3] and the minimum absolute difference is |1-3| = 2.\n- queries[1] = [1,2]: The subarray is [3,4] and the minimum absolute difference is |3-4| = 1.\n- queries[2] = [2,3]: The subarray is [4,8] and the minimum absolute difference is |4-8| = 4.\n- queries[3] = [0,3]: The subarray is [1,3,4,8] and the minimum absolute difference is |3-4| = 1.\n
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Example 2:

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\nInput: nums = [4,5,2,2,7,10], queries = [[2,3],[0,2],[0,5],[3,5]]\nOutput: [-1,1,1,3]\nExplanation: The queries are processed as follows:\n- queries[0] = [2,3]: The subarray is [2,2] and the minimum absolute difference is -1 because all the\n  elements are the same.\n- queries[1] = [0,2]: The subarray is [4,5,2] and the minimum absolute difference is |4-5| = 1.\n- queries[2] = [0,5]: The subarray is [4,5,2,2,7,10] and the minimum absolute difference is |4-5| = 1.\n- queries[3] = [3,5]: The subarray is [2,7,10] and the minimum absolute difference is |7-10| = 3.\n
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