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Make the array elements equal by performing given operations minimum number of times | Function to calculate the minimum operations of given type required to make the array elements equal.
Stores the total count of operations.
Traverse the array.
Update difference between pairs of adjacent elements.
Store the maximum count of operations.
Rest of the elements.
Total Operation - Maximum Operation.
Driver Code.
Given array.
Size of the array"
How can the above be solved in Python?
 Write me a code to make the array elements equal by performing given operations minimum number of times and the other steps required?
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#Here is code to make the array elements equal by performing given operations minimum number of times and the other steps required.
 def minOperation ( a , N ) :
	totOps = 0
	for i in range ( N - 1 ) :
		totOps += abs ( a [ i ] - a [ i + 1 ] )
	maxOps = max ( abs ( a [ 0 ] - a [ 1 ] ) , abs ( a [ N - 1 ] - a [ N - 2 ] ) )
	for i in range ( 1 , N - 1 ) :
		maxOps = max ( maxOps , abs ( a [ i ] - a [ i - 1 ] ) + abs ( a [ i ] - a [ i + 1 ] ) - abs ( a [ i - 1 ] - a [ i + 1 ] ) )
	print ( totOps - maxOps )
if __name__ == ' _ _ main _ _ ' :
	arr = [ 1 , - 1 , 0 , 1 , 1 ]
	N = len ( arr )
	minOperation ( arr , N )