include<bits/stdc++.h>

cin>>n;
long long x,y,j1,j2,res;
for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
    cin>>a[i];
    x=*max_element(a,a+n);
    y=*min_element(a,a+n);
  j1=1e9;
  j2=-1e9;
  res=1e9;
  for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
    if(a[i]==x)j1=i;
    if(a[i]==y)j2=i;
    res=min(res,abs(j1-j2)+1);

  }
  cout<<res;