def array_degree(arr): left,count = {},{} mx,mn,index = 0,0,0 for i in range(0,len(arr)): x = arr[i] if x not in count: left[x] = i count[x] = 1 else: count[x] += 1 if count[x] > mx: mx = count[x] mn = i - left[x] + 1 index = left[x] elif count[x] == mx and i - left[x] + 1 < mn: mn = i - left[x] + 1 index = left[x] for i in range(index,index+mn): print(arr[i], end=' ') print() array_degree([1,3,3,2]) array_degree([1,2,1,3]) array_degree([1,3,2,1,2]) array_degree([1,1,2,3,2]) array_degree([2,1,2,1,1])