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Tips for solving problems beginner and should I look up on editorial?
By TomDev, history, 4 hours ago, In English

Problem

I'm a beginner and I have just approached Codeforces. I didn't know anything about DSA, Competitive Programming, etc... I want you to help me by giving some tips for solving Codeforces problems and competitive programming problems, with a question: should I look up editorial when I am stuck on a problem while practicing, or keep trying to solve them?

I appreciate anyone who gives me the answer because I've looked up on the internet and their answers are mostly too general, so I need help from guys.

Please help me answer these 2 main questions:

  1. Tips for problem-solving (competitive programming)

  2. Should I look up on editorial each time I get stuck?

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Watch Galen Colin's video

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    Dayum, TYSM bro!

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don't look the tutorials.

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First of all try solving problems of maths, greedy, constructive algo, number theory it will help you to solve div 2 'a' problems and sometimes 'b' too>>

As you said you just started codeforces so i will suggest you to look for the editorial after some time because at this phase in most of the questions you will not be able to approach the question

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Q1: Enjoy the problems and don’t force yourself to solve’em … you’ll be more effective when you are in the mood.

Q2: I highly encourage you to consider approaching the problem many times even if you are stuck and put it in your unsolved problems list and try it again later. This really gives you confidence and improves you a lot.

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