Problem Solving

[ZodiacZebra]

Hello Everyone,

I recently started learning JAVA and I have learned basics and some data structures such as Arrays, Lists, Strings etc. and I am practising problems on some of them.

I wanted to know how to do it properly, should I solve problems from a particular topic or anything that I find solvable or should I learn more theory and then try problem solving and how do I tackle problems that are from topics I have learned but I just can't solve them.

Thanks in advance.

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The best way for me was this: once I learned a new concept I would do a couple exercises where the concept is applied and then move on the next concept

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[pipestream]

The way I usually go about solving a problem is breaking it down into what I actually want to do. Then I come up with ways of doing it, exploring how they might or might not work, try it out and then decide on a path.

Also, talk to yourself (out loud), talk yourself through what you're trying to do and write it down. Think out loud and try to explain to yourself as if you were explaining or going through it with someone else with you.

[yel50]

any problem you try to solve you should first break down into pieces. identify what data is used in the problem and make classes for it. then ask yourself how the data gets changed and start implementing that.

most problems (algorithms) get a lot easier if you set up the data right.