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Ranking results from a Question and Answer game
I have a question and answer trivia game app which randomly picks questions from a database and prompts the user to answer the question correctly. The total number of correct answers, the total number ...
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Finding the minimum transaction
Given a list of transactions like: A -> 10 to B B -> 10 to C The naive way to settle the transaction would be: C owes 10 to B B owes 10 to A But the same transaction could be settled by: C ...
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Sudoku Solver BackTracking vs Simulated Annealing
Before you read any further, assume you know what sudoku game and how to go about solving it. So I have created a sudoku solver with brute-force: The algorithm goes as calculate(through an simple ...
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Creating algorithms [closed]
I am a relatively new programmer. I can pick up languages and learn syntax at a speed that I consider good, but I can't figure out how to solve problems logically using algorithms very well. I know ...
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Finding an object on an infinite line
Question: There is an infinite line. You are standing at a particular point you can either move 1 step forward or 1 step backward. You have to search for an object in that infinite line. Your object ...
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How to turn truth table into smallest possible if / else block
How can I take a truth table and turn it into a compacted if block? For instance, let's say I have this truth table where A and B are conditions and x, y and z are possible actions: A B | x y z -----...