#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define int long long int
#define double long double
#define print(a) for(auto x : a) cout << x << " "; cout << endl
const int M = 1000000007;
const int N = 3e5+9;
const int INF = 2e9+1;
const int LINF = 2000000000000000001;
inline int power(int a, int b, int mod=M) {
int x = 1;
a %= mod;
while (b) {
if (b & 1) x = (x * a) % mod;
a = (a * a) % mod;
b >>= 1;
}
return x;
}
//_ ***************************** START Below *******************************
const int MOD = 998244353;
vector<int> a;
int consistency(int n){
unordered_map<int,int> mp;
mp.reserve(n*2);
mp.max_load_factor(0.25);
vector<pair<int,int>> intervals;
intervals.reserve(n);
intervals.push_back({0,0});
for(int i=0; i<n; i++){
if(mp.count(a[i])){
int l = mp[a[i]];
int r = i;
intervals.push_back({l, r});
}
mp[a[i]] = i;
}
sort(begin(intervals), end(intervals));
vector<pair<int,int>> merged;
int s = -1, e = -1;
int sz = intervals.size();
for(int i = 0; i<sz; i++){
int l = intervals[i].first;
int r = intervals[i].second;
if(s==-1 && e==-1){
s = l, e=r;
}
else if(l <= e){
e = max(r, e);
}
else{
merged.push_back({s, e});
s = l, e = r;
}
}
merged.push_back({s, e});
int ct = merged.size()-1;
for(int i=1; i<merged.size(); i++){
int gap = merged[i].first - merged[i-1].second - 1;
ct += gap;
}
int gap = n-merged.back().second-1;
ct += gap;
int ans = power(2, ct, MOD);
return ans;
}
int consistency2(int n){
map<int,int> mp;
for(int i=0; i<n; i++) mp[a[i]] = i;
int ans = 1;
int last = 0;
for(int i=0; i<n-1; i++){
last = max(last, mp[a[i]]);
if(i==last) ans = (ans * 2)%MOD;
}
return ans;
}
int practice(int n){
return 0;
}
void solve() {
int n;
cin>> n;
a.resize(n);
for(int i=0; i<n; i++) cin >> a[i];
cout << consistency2(n) << endl;
}
int32_t main() {
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
int t = 1;
// cin >> t;
while (t--) {
solve();
}
return 0;
}
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