how to make my programs run faster?

Question

i am participating on a coding competition in a few days and a couple of the previous programs i have tried to solve gave me exceeded time interval error. can someone give me a tip how to make my programs more faster?

Answer 1

Learn about algorithms. Here's a list of good books: https://hackernoon.com/10-data-structure-algorithms-books-every-programmer-should-read-d50487313127 . GeeksforGeeks is also a great online resource on the subject: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/fundamentals-of-algorithms/

Answer 2

thanks