Рішення задачі "Приїзд генерала" з http://codeforces.ru/contest/144/problem/A

general.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Aurhor: seniorihor (12.03.2012)

class General
  def initialize(quantity, numbers)
    @quantity = quantity
    @numbers = numbers
    @seconds = 0
  end
  def calculation_seconds
    if @numbers.rindex(@numbers.min) > @numbers.index(@numbers.max)
      @seconds = @numbers.index(@numbers.max) + @numbers.length - 1 - @numbers.rindex(@numbers.min)
    else
      @seconds = @numbers.index(@numbers.max) + @numbers.length - 2 - @numbers.rindex(@numbers.min)
    end
  end
end
quantity = gets.chomp.to_i
numbers = gets.chomp.split(" ").map! do |i|
  i = i.to_i
end

g = General.new(quantity, numbers)
p g.calculation_seconds