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      • walki
      • commented on "Find the total white and black areas in a strange chessboard" kata
      • 3 years ago

      There is a way to nest 2 loops to get it ro pass. There is a clue in the 40000 N test case set description.

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      • conconTheCoder
      • commented on "Find the total white and black areas in a strange chessboard" kata
      • 3 years ago

      maybe dont use loops at all - i tried to do it with one loop and it timed out

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      • benjaminzwhite
      • commented on "Find the total white and black areas in a strange chessboard" kata
      • 3 years ago

      Hi @semki - the tests are designed to time out nested loops.

      You've made good progress - you've found a correct way to add up the areas. Now ask yourself, how can you improve it? Do you really need to perform ALL the calculations in your nested loops? Hopefully this will help you find an even better solution.

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      • akar-0
      • commented on "Find the total white and black areas in a strange chessboard" kata
      • 3 years ago

      You cannot (really) optimize nested loop. You need to find a solution with a single loop or it won't pass.

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