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What should I do if I don’t understand a problem statement?
By Ihave4fish, history, 5 years ago, In English

What should I do if I don’t understand a problem statement(like this problem)?

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You need to the read the explanation for sample test cases carefully. And come back to reading the question again. Most of the times when I didn't get a question, I understand that question by the explanation for sample test cases.

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You must downvote the shit out of the announcement.

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My experience is when the state is too long and hard to read. Then you try to find the keywords (some what I think must have paid attention to be able to solve). Then I try to observe from the Example, how can input -> output, read the explanation if posisble.

Then I re-read the statement again. But in this time if I still dont understand I change the problem.

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