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Distance Calibration Search

An automated vehicle travels along a straight track with markers at various sorted positions. Engineers need to find two markers whose distance apart is as close to a target G as possible. Return the absolute difference between the actual distance and G for the best pair. Input Format: Line 1: An integer G (the target distance). Line 2: A space-separated list of sorted marker positions. Output Format: A single integer (the minimum absolute error |(pos[j] - pos[i]) - G|). Example: Input: 10 1 5 15 22 Output: 0 (Explanation: Marker 15 and 5 are exactly 10 apart. Error is 0.)

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