Subarrays with K Different Integers
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Problem statement
A reading application records a category number for each article opened. Its analyst counts consecutive reading sessions that include exactly k different categories, regardless of how often any category repeats within a session. Your task Count all nonempty contiguous subarrays with exactly k distinct integers. Important details Subarrays with different boundaries count separately. Repeating an existing category does not increase the distinct count. A session with fewer or more than k categories must not be included. Use a window or equivalent efficient counting approach. Worked example For [1, 2, 1] and k = 2, the valid sessions are positions 0..1, 1..2 and 0..2. The answer is 3.
Input format
First line: n k. Next line: n category values.
Output format
Print the number of qualifying subarrays.
Constraints
1 <= k <= n <= 20000; 1 <= values <= n; use 64-bit counts.
Sample input
3 2 1 2 1
Sample output
3
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