Questions like that you can find on TopCoder, SPOJ, UVA online judge and many others.... If you want to read a book about algorithms, a good start point is Introduction to Algorithms, AKA Cormen --- grato,
Gustavo Pacianotto Gouveia Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo <[email protected]> [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:00 PM, rahul raghavendra <[email protected]>wrote: > hey can anyone suggest any good book that contains such kind of > questions ........... > > > > > > > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 2:58 AM, Vexorian <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I am a decent programmer and when I started out I too was looking for >> those elusive tips and tricks that the top rated programmers know of. True, >> there are quite a few "little things" that would separate a good from an >> awesome programmer but none the less its all about practice. Just like math >> or sports! >> >> Hehe, you mentioned math before sports. >> >> >So most of you say that it is only practice that matters the most. Is it? >> >> I don't think they said so, but actually that practice does 95% of it. >> >> >These top guys not only understand the problem but they also know which >> algo >> to use within maybe 10 minutes that is something amazing and amusing. >> pratice can tlel you what to use. bu what the problem is exactly it >> takes >> time atleast some time.. >> >> Actually, knowing what solution to use does come from practice. I am >> not near the top at all but at least problems A and B didn't take me >> more than 10 minutes to know how to solve, but that was almost mostly >> because of practice (I compete in things like this around once every >> 1.5 weeks). >> >> >So the question is still open how come some guys are so fast but rest are >> not.. If the difference was not that much I am sure I wud have never >> asked >> this question.. >> >> This time the problems were all easy, you should wait to see what >> happens in say... round 3. I can tell you that there are people who >> are able to do in 2 hours what I cannot do in 7 days and they are the >> ones that will go to the final. Nonetheless, whenever any of them is >> asked regarded why are they so good, they always reply it is practice. >> In fact, if you could for example consider someone like Petr Mitrichev >> - he has been practicing with math puzzles since he was 12 years old. >> >> >> On May 8, 2:45 pm, "Sarma Tangirala" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Sent from my BlackBerry >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: vivek dhiman <[email protected]> >> > >> > Sender: [email protected] >> > Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 00:08:12 >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Reply-To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [gcj] Re: fast and furious >> > >> > yeah! tell us how some guys are doing too fast. >> > >> > Do they know the patterns cuz of practice a lot or do they have high >> > intelligence . >> > Or they know some thing which we don't.. there is got to be something.. >> > >> > Regards >> > Vivek Dhiman >> > >> > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:04 AM, ravi shanker < >> [email protected]>wrote: >> > >> > > Hi, >> > >> > > Actually there are lot of things but....can somebody share his >> personal >> > > exp....how has he prepared...and become the warrior. >> > >> > > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:00 AM, vivek dhiman <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> > >> > >> It's not about macros. I have observed that writing code doesn't take >> even >> > >> 5 mins once you know what to code. >> > >> > >> But these guys are very fast. They figure out the alog in may be 5 >> mins >> > >> what algo to use. I mean that is freaking awesome. >> > >> > >> ow come they do it. Is it only practice or am I missing something? >> > >> > >> All kinds of help will be appreciated. There are lots of rounds to >> go.. >> > >> > >> Regards >> > >> Vivek Dhiman >> > >> > >> -- >> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > >> "google-codejam" group. >> > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > >> [email protected]. >> > >> For more options, visit this group at >> > >>http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > > "google-codejam" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > [email protected]. >> > > For more options, visit this group at >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. >> > >> > -- >> > Regards >> > Vivek Dhiman >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "google-codejam" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "google-codejam" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > * > K.Rahul ) > > > * > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "google-codejam" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. 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