Minimum Window / Shrink-to-Valid · Minimum window / shrink-to-valid
Minimum Window Substring
LeetCode 76 · Module: Pointers & Windows
The scenario
you are tracking a live segment, the active users, the current substring, the open interval, and the answer changes as the boundaries move.
What you'll learn
- How to recognize the Minimum Window / Shrink-to-Valid pattern from the problem statement.
- The BASIC Framework breakdown for this problem.
- A clean, interview-ready Python solution with time/space analysis.
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