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solve ( ) function

By decoder__, history, 4 years ago, In English

I have seen in many people's code that they use a solve function instead of writing the logic in the main function. What advantage it has over writing the code directly in the main function?

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You can use return directly in solve() in case there are test cases, while in int main() you can't

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    "continue" keyword is also there.

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      but you have to use many breaks statements too if you want to end the current test case from a loop

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        i just use goto statement to go back to the starting of the test case loop, is that less efficient?

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    Actually you can use goto but that would make spaghetti code

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I personally use it because you can easily end the function with return(end).

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I think it doesnt have obvious advantages. But many people are used to it since it looks comfortable. After all, the choice is up to you.

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https://discuss.codechef.com/t/why-solve/54680/13

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It's good to split everything in functions

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Isn't it too obvious? Asking everything sucks

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What is there in it to downvote except colortag?

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4 years ago, # |
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solve()
main()

You decide.

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