Resources Needed (Sovled Programming Problems)

[mutombo]

Hi all.

I need some good books for C, but not the standard books, i nearly have all of them.
I want some books with solved programming problems, and refernces, books and materials that are used for exercising and preparing for programming competitions (Informatics Competitions).

Just reply if you know some book or site like that.

Thank you.

[MK27]

Have you seen sphere online judge? I didn't like it very much because there is very little feedback (you are either wrong or right, and if you are right you are ranked on certian performance criteria) but there seemed to be a lot of different problems, the server works quickly and easily, and there is some mechanism for submitting your own problems too.

You can submit answers in a whole bunch of languages -- but I noticed the top ranks (speed being key) are usually in C, then C++, etc.

[mutombo]

Yeah, i have seen severals sites like that - online judges. But i don't like them so much, for nearly the same reasons you mentioned.

I was asking for some archive of programming contests and competitions, not only the problems but the solutions for them too...I thought there is some book with solved problems so i can exercise using it, but after some searching on the net i did not find what i wanted.

[Snafuist]

Why don't you just google for problems and use this forum for solutions? In my opinion, this serves as a much better source of information than some book.

Greets,
Philip

[mutombo]

Why don't you just google for problems and use this forum for solutions? In my opinion, this serves as a much better source of information than some book.

Greets,
Philip

Well, i don't have to google coz i know a lot of sites with problems (without solutions), and i think that it wouldn't be so great to use this forum for solving them, in my opinion this forum should be for helping those who are stuck somewhere in code, don't have the idea, compiling errors etc. etc. Posting problems here and typing "Please solve this!" - I know that it would be annoying for most of the members and that's why i don't want to use that method.
I was interested in some book or site, whatever, with some programming problems and explanied solutions for them, i know there are books like that so i wanted someone to just give me the title, that's all.

[zacs7]

> so i wanted someone to just give me the title, that's all.

Like the massive sticky at the top of the C forum? http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=74079

[MK27]

i think that it wouldn't be so great to use this forum for solving them, in my opinion this forum should be for helping those who are stuck somewhere in code, don't have the idea, compiling errors etc. etc. Posting problems here and typing "Please solve this!" - I know that it would be annoying for most of the members and that's why i don't want to use that method.

I don't know if it would be annoying. If you literally just posted a problem and said "Please Solve This!" I wouldn't hold my breath, but if you had a slightly more intelligent question about How You are Trying To Solve This, then I'm sure you'll be welcome. I like solving problems, but I am generally too lazy to tackle them on my own. I'm almost getting an education myself from hanging around and looking at other peoples homework assignments, for example. And what you are talking about is exactly the same as homework, so that's okay.

Plus, everyone else likes to argue and prove that they are right. If that's not problem solving then I don't know what is ;0