We are a group of coders of all ages, passionate about problem solving and algorithms. Together, we created MindCoding, an online platform where anyone can learn algorithms and test their skills. Join us, teach yourself new things and have fun!
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-Our website provides a problem list with an online evaluation system, which means you'll find out on the spot if your solution is correct. We support a wide rande of programming languages, allowing all programers to participate, regardless of their technical background. <b>Read from stdin and print to stdout.</b>
+Our website provides a problem list with an online evaluation system, which means you'll find out on the spot if your solution is correct. We support a wide rande of programming languages, allowing all programers to participate, regardless of their technical background. <b>Read from stdin and print to stdout.</b>
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-If you take part in our coding competition (which we strongly recommend!) don't forget to check out our standings and see how well you did compared to your friends.
+If you take part in our coding competition (which we strongly recommend!) don't forget to check out our standings and see how well you did compared to your friends.
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Put your mind to work and code!
To take part in a contest, you don't need to register to a particular one, you just need to access its page after the contest starts.
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Here are <a href="/sol/aplusb">example solutions</a> for the A+B problem in all languages.
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- <h2>Quick Start Guide:</h2>\r
- <ul>\r
- <li>First of all you need to <b>create an account</b>. For this, click the <b>Account</b> button in the navbar.\r
- When you want to do an action that needs an account you will be requiered to log in. <i>For example see last step in the Submitting part.</i></li>\r
- <li>In order to <b>take part in a contest</b> <u>you don't need to register to a particular one</u>. You just need to <b>access its page</b> after the contest starts.</li>\r
- <li>To <b>submit a solution</b> you can either paste your code into the text area for the corresponding problem or browse for the source. In what follows you can see all the steps for submitting: </li>\r
- </ul>\r
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- <div style="clear: both; display:block; position:relative; float: left; width: 600px">\r
- <h3>STEP 1: Choosing a problem from the list</h3>\r
- <img alt="" height="272" src="/static/guide/1.png" width="400" style="float: left; margin:2px 10px">\r
- <br><p>In order to choose a problem click the <b>Problems</b> button from the \r
- navbar. </p>\r
- <p>Then <b>click on</b> the problem you want to solve.\r
- <br><i>For example let's choose <b>A+B</b> problem.</i> </p>\r
- </div>\r
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- <div style="clear: both; display:block; position:relative; float: left">\r
- <h3>STEP 2: Starting to fill the form</h3>\r
- <img alt="" height="272" src="/static/guide/2.png" width="400" style="float: left; margin:2px 10px">\r
- <br>\r
- <p> From now on we focus on <b>Submit solution</b> area. </p>\r
- <p> Here we can find the form to be filled in order to upload a solution to any given problem.</p>\r
- </div>\r
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- <div style="clear: both; display:block; position:relative; float: left">\r
- <h3>STEP 3: Solution source code</h3>\r
- <table style="margin-left:10px; text-align:center">\r
- <tr>\r
- <td style="width:200px"><b>1st Option</b> - Upload the source file<br>\r
- <img alt="" height="192" src="/static/guide/3.png" width="350" style="margin:2px 10px"><br>\r
- Go to <b>Choose file</b> button from <b>File</b> area and then choose the source file.\r
- </td>\r
- <td> or </td>\r
- <td style="width:200px"><b>2nd Option</b> - Paste the code<br>\r
- <img alt="" height="340" src="/static/guide/3.2.png" width="250" style="margin:2px 10px">\r
- </td>\r
- </tr>\r
- </table>\r
- <i>Here are some examples for how to submit:</i>\r
- <ul>\r
- <li><a href="http://ideone.com/58mgdC" target="_blank">C</a></li>\r
- <li><a href="http://ideone.com/gH3zg1" target="_blank">C++</a></li>\r
- <li><a href="http://ideone.com/N7TkzK" target="_blank">Java</a></li>\r
- <li><a href="http://ideone.com/dQgwIT" target="_blank">Pascal</a></li>\r
- <li><a href="http://ideone.com/gSKAGU" target="_blank">Perl</a></li>\r
- <li><a href="http://ideone.com/3H6NmV" target="_blank">Python</a></li>\r
- </ul>\r
- </div>\r
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- <div style="clear: both; display:block; position:relative; float: left">\r
- <h3>STEP 4: Selecting the file format</h3>\r
- <img alt="" height="270" src="/static/guide/4.png" width="250" style="float: left; margin:2px 10px">\r
- <p> After uploading the source code we have to choose the format \r
- corresponding to the code we provided as solution.</p>\r
- </div>\r
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- <div style="clear: both; display:block; position:relative; float: left">\r
- <h3>...and SUBMIT</h3>\r
- <img alt="" height="260" src="/static/guide/5.png" width="250" style="float: left; margin:2px 10px">\r
- <p>Click the <b>Submit job</b> button and wait for the results.</p> <p>You will be redirected \r
- to <b>Job log</b> page where you can see the results. </p>\r
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- </div>\r
- <div style="clear:both"> </div>\r
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- <h3>Good luck!</h3>\r
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-</div>\r
+<div class="well">
+ <h2>Quick Start Guide:</h2>
+ <ul>
+ <li>First of all you need to <b>create an account</b>. For this, click the <b>Account</b> button in the navbar.
+ When you want to do an action that needs an account you will be requiered to log in. <i>For example see last step in the Submitting part.</i></li>
+ <li>In order to <b>take part in a contest</b> <u>you don't need to register to a particular one</u>. You just need to <b>access its page</b> after the contest starts.</li>
+ <li>To <b>submit a solution</b> you can either paste your code into the text area for the corresponding problem or browse for the source. In what follows you can see all the steps for submitting: </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <div style="clear: both; display:block; position:relative; float: left; width: 600px">
+ <h3>STEP 1: Choosing a problem from the list</h3>
+ <img alt="" height="272" src="/static/guide/1.png" width="400" style="float: left; margin:2px 10px">
+ <br><p>In order to choose a problem click the <b>Problems</b> button from the
+ navbar. </p>
+ <p>Then <b>click on</b> the problem you want to solve.
+ <br><i>For example let's choose <b>A+B</b> problem.</i> </p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div style="clear: both; display:block; position:relative; float: left">
+ <h3>STEP 2: Starting to fill the form</h3>
+ <img alt="" height="272" src="/static/guide/2.png" width="400" style="float: left; margin:2px 10px">
+ <br>
+ <p> From now on we focus on <b>Submit solution</b> area. </p>
+ <p> Here we can find the form to be filled in order to upload a solution to any given problem.</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div style="clear: both; display:block; position:relative; float: left">
+ <h3>STEP 3: Solution source code</h3>
+ <table style="margin-left:10px; text-align:center">
+ <tr>
+ <td style="width:200px"><b>1st Option</b> - Upload the source file<br>
+ <img alt="" height="192" src="/static/guide/3.png" width="350" style="margin:2px 10px"><br>
+ Go to <b>Choose file</b> button from <b>File</b> area and then choose the source file.
+ </td>
+ <td> or </td>
+ <td style="width:200px"><b>2nd Option</b> - Paste the code<br>
+ <img alt="" height="340" src="/static/guide/3.2.png" width="250" style="margin:2px 10px">
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ <i>Here are some examples for how to submit:</i>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="http://ideone.com/58mgdC" target="_blank">C</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://ideone.com/gH3zg1" target="_blank">C++</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://ideone.com/N7TkzK" target="_blank">Java</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://ideone.com/dQgwIT" target="_blank">Pascal</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://ideone.com/gSKAGU" target="_blank">Perl</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://ideone.com/3H6NmV" target="_blank">Python</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div style="clear: both; display:block; position:relative; float: left">
+ <h3>STEP 4: Selecting the file format</h3>
+ <img alt="" height="270" src="/static/guide/4.png" width="250" style="float: left; margin:2px 10px">
+ <p> After uploading the source code we have to choose the format
+ corresponding to the code we provided as solution.</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div style="clear: both; display:block; position:relative; float: left">
+ <h3>...and SUBMIT</h3>
+ <img alt="" height="260" src="/static/guide/5.png" width="250" style="float: left; margin:2px 10px">
+ <p>Click the <b>Submit job</b> button and wait for the results.</p> <p>You will be redirected
+ to <b>Job log</b> page where you can see the results. </p>
+
+ </div>
+ <div style="clear:both"> </div>
+
+ <h3>Good luck!</h3>
+
+
+</div>
<li>Each round will consist of 4 algorithmic problems.
<li>Your final score will be calculated by adding your scores for all the problems in the round.
<li>After submitting a solution it will be evaluated on a few pretests and you will be able to see your result for that given test set.
-<li>At the end of a round, the solution will be evaluated on a set of tests. If it doesn’t output the correct answer for all the tests or it exceeds our memory/time limit for at least one test, it will be scored with 0 points.
-<li>Each problem will have a maximum score between 1000 and 100, depending on it’s difficulty.
-<li>The maximum score you can obtain on a problem decreases as time passes after you’ve read it.
+<li>At the end of a round, the solution will be evaluated on a set of tests. If it doesn't output the correct answer for all the tests or it exceeds our memory/time limit for at least one test, it will be scored with 0 points.
+<li>Each problem will have a maximum score between 1000 and 100, depending on it's difficulty.
+<li>The maximum score you can obtain on a problem decreases as time passes after you've read it.
<li>In order to decide whether your solution is correct, only your last uploaded source file will be taken into consideration.
-<li>If the contestant wishes to resend a solution for a problem, the problem’s maximum score will decrease by 10%.
+<li>If the contestant wishes to resend a solution for a problem, the problem's maximum score will decrease by 10%.
<li>Each problem will have a minimum score under which the score can not decrease, no matter how many solutions a contstant submits.
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