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Partition Array into Disjoint Intervals

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Description

Given an integer array nums, partition it into two (contiguous) subarrays left and right so that:

- Every element in left is less than or equal to every element in right.

- left and right are non-empty.

- left has the smallest possible size.

Return the length of left after such a partitioning.

Test cases are generated such that partitioning exists.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [5,0,3,8,6]
Output: 3
Explanation: left = [5,0,3], right = [8,6]

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,1,1,0,6,12]
Output: 4
Explanation: left = [1,1,1,0], right = [6,12]

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