class Solution {
public:
int maxLengthBetweenEqualCharacters(string s) {
int N = s.length();
if(N <= 1) return -1;
int ans = -1;
for(int i=0;i<N;i++){
for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
if(s[i] == s[j]){
ans = max(ans,abs(j-i)-1);
}
}
}
return ans;
}
};