How does it work? Do you submit code or just input your answer as a number?
Project Euler
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#12How does it work? Do you submit code or just input your answer as a number?
Input your answer as number. There are people who solve problems by hand.
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#13How does it work? Do you submit code or just input your answer as a number?
the answer is a number
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#14Another good one for (more general) programming problems is Programming Praxis: http://programmingpraxis.com/
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#15These are a lot of fun to do, especially in a new language you want to play with. However they are as much an exercise of your math skills (mostly basic number theory and combinatorics) as programming. One thing I'd suggest is that you pick an algorithm reference and stick with it, if you google anything too specific you will come across one of the many sites where people have blogged about thier solutions.
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#16A dozen Project Euler solutions in a given language can be an excellent pre-interview candidate screening technique. Quite simple to check for plagiarism too, within reason.
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#17Problem that has been solved by the smallest number of people (31): http://projecteuler.net/problem=453
It's possible that a different one has been solved by less people. E.g., if someone created multiple accounts, submitting to the same question multiple times, increasing the Solved By count artificially.
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#18I always love this site for when things get a little slow and I think I could use some relaxation.
Then I remember that I only took a little bit of math, so then there's the research, the papers to read and decipher, the code to write, and I finally solve the problem and swear I'll never come back.
So, yeah, I just finished a batch of problems last week so I could get a couple of ego badges just within reach. 75 down, 379 to go!
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#19A dozen Project Euler solutions in a given language can be an excellent pre-interview candidate screening technique. Quite simple to check for plagiarism too, within reason.
In the same vein, spending a couple of hours working Project Euler questions before you go into an interview is a great way to warm up for the types of questions you tend to get in interviews but don't see as much during day-to-day programming.
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#20I solved about 80 of them, then my interest waned a little. But I wonder, are there any hints or recommended reading for the harder ones? Some of them I have no idea how to even start working on..