Is it bad to look at the solution while practicing DSA?
No, it's a part of learning. If you are stuck for more than 30-45 minutes, look at the solution, understand the concept, and implement it yourself.
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Quality matters more than quantity. Mastering 150-200 carefully selected problems across various patterns is generally enough for most interviews.
Don't memorize code. Understand the underlying pattern and use spaced repetition to revisit problems you found difficult.
Yes, practicing on a whiteboard or plain text editor helps you write syntactically correct code without relying on IDE autocomplete features.
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