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Published in GDSCJSSSTU

·Mar 24, 2021

Generalising Binary Search

Binary search is an awfully underrated algorithm. The way it’s usually introduced in a classroom is to show how it can be used to find an element in a sorted array. Although this exercise shows the general gist behind binary search, it hides the truly beautiful idea behind the algorithm…

Binary Search

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Generalising Binary Search
Generalising Binary Search

Published in The Coding Culture

·Dec 29, 2020

XMASGIFT : Santa gives gifts

In this blog, we will look at how you could approach the problem “Santa gives gifts” in The Coding Culture’s December Contest “Number Quest”. Contest Page | CodeChef CodeChef - A Platform for Aspiring Programmers CodeChef was created as a platform to help programmers make it big in…www.codechef.com Mathematics behind the problem This problem, in the end, boils down to being able to count without overcounting, Let’s see what I mean by this

Algorithms

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XMASGIFT : Santa gives gifts
XMASGIFT : Santa gives gifts

Published in The Coding Culture

·Dec 14, 2020

KIDEE1: Kids at home

In this blog, we will look at how you could approach the problem “Kids at home” in The Coding Culture’s November Contest “Get Set and Code”. Contest Page | CodeChef CodeChef - A Platform for Aspiring Programmers CodeChef was created as a platform to help programmers make it big in…www.codechef.com Understanding the problem statement The statement reads as follows: k kids seem to have visited your home for the festival. It seems like the kids had all been…

Competitive Programming

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KIDEE1: Kids at home
KIDEE1: Kids at home

Published in The Coding Culture

·Dec 14, 2020

Solving MINI2: Find Minimum

In this blog, we will look at how you could approach the problem “Find Minimum” in The Coding Culture’s November Contest “Get Set and Code”. Contest Page | CodeChef CodeChef - A Platform for Aspiring Programmers CodeChef was created as a platform to help programmers make it big in…www.codechef.com The problem statement goes like so: Yash likes playing with numbers. He has a challenge for you. Yash gives you a number that he made…

Competitive Programming

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Solving MINI2: Find Minimum
Solving MINI2: Find Minimum
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