hey, just was curious for asking a question about an interview question i had. basically was going to post the solution i came up with in 20 minutes and see if there was a better way of doing it
there are a few sort of arbitrary limitations on it, like using a List<LIst<String>> instead of a list of objects, but just wanted to see if there was a more efficient way of doing it.
Asking for better solutions is generally frowned upon. What you'd really want to do, is ask for a review. If there's a better solution, it may or may not be provided. But it's your code that's the focus on Code Review, not the original problem.
You can ask just about everything about your code. And the more you can provide about the original problem you're solving, including constraints, the better. But the focus will remain your code. Not alternatives.
If you have arbitrary limitations, that's great to know.
It illustrates how you came to your solution.
We can show you where to improve your solution. And if a better one is available, preferably an answer will point out why it's better.
Code Review is not Stack Overflow, where "Try this:" answers are common.
I have a project I am working on, and I would like some, or all of it
reviewed, how can I ask for this review on Code Review in a way that
produces the best possible value?
This is not about a question being on-topic, or off topic. Rather, this is about making on-topic questions great questions...
You're on Stack Overflow and you've found a question that seems to be about improving code. You are trying to be helpful, and you put a comment in the question:
You should try asking on CodeReview.SE instead. —YourName 2 minutes ago
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Efficiency is poorly defined. If you want memory-optimization, there's a tag for that. If you want to take less CPU cycles, there's a performance tag for that.
But in the end, one of the weird things about CR is that you get what you get. And that may not be what you had in mind, but it's usually helpful regardless. Sometimes you don't know what you need to be taught upfront.
If that's something you can work with, CR is a great place to be. If you're simply looking for the most-optimized (for whatever value of optimized) solution to your interview question, Reddit or SO are probably better bets.
ok. my main sort of thing is checking for a match between one of two strings to filter the list, and then sorting by a date in it. i have a solution that works, but I am unsure if it is an efficient solution and if it could be better. im not super worried about memory in this case, i know one or two spots i could improve that, but more handling very large amounts of data, so CPU optimiztion would be my focus i guess
sure. ill write up the post after I read through those meta posts and drop the markdown here. I have all the code written up in dotnetfiddle atm waiting to be pasted in
You're on Stack Overflow and you've found a question that seems to be about improving code. You are trying to be helpful, and you put a comment in the question:
You should try asking on CodeReview.SE instead. —YourName 2 minutes ago
… and suddenly, out of nowhere CodeReview.SE users swoop i...
