1217.

Minimum Cost to Move Chips to The Same Position

Easy

We have n chips, where the position of the ith chip is position[i]. We need to move all the chips to the same position. In one step, we can change the position of the ith chip from position[i] to: position[i] + 2 or position[i] - 2 with cost = 0. position[i] + 1 or position[i] - 1 with cost = 1. Return the minimum cost needed to move all the chips to the same position. Example 1: Input: position = [1,2,3] Output: 1 Explanation: First step: Move the chip at position 3 to position 1 with cost = 0. Second step: Move the chip at position 2 to position 1 with cost = 1. Total cost is 1. Example 2: Input: position = [2,2,2,3,3] Output: 2 Explanation: We can move the two chips at position 3 to position 2. Each move has cost = 1. The total cost = 2. Example 3: Input: position = [1,1000000000] Output: 1 Constraints: 1 <= position.length <= 100 1 <= position[i] <= 10^9