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Multiple word search. Write a program that takes k words from the command line, reads in a...

Multiple word search. Write a program that takes k words from the command line, reads in a sequence of words from standard input, and identifies the smallest interval of text that contains all of the k words (not necessarily in the same order). You do not need to consider partial words.

Hint: For each index i, find the smallest interval [i, j] that contains the k query words. Keep a count of the number of times each of the k query words appears. Given [i, j], compute [i+1, j'] by decrementing the counter for word i. Then, gradually increase j until the interval contains at least one copy of each of the k words (or, equivalently, word i).

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