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Pointers in C Explained: What They Are and Why You Need Them
When I first learned pointers in C, I thought they were very annoying. I would always run my program and then I would run into a segmentation fault error, and then I would have no idea why there was an error going on. It was just annoying to keep track of all the different pointers,…
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How to Approach a Coding Problem: Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners
Coding problems can seem overwhelming at first glance. Just take a look at this problem—Palindrome Number. This is a problem on LeetCode, and in this problem, it says:“Given an integer X, return true if X is a palindrome and false otherwise.” This is overwhelming at first because we know how to determine if a number…
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The Secret Language Of Computer Data EXPLAINED!
Often we’re told that data to computers are just ones and zeros. What this means is that computers don’t actually understand or know what the data is that they’re dealing with and what they’re referring to. Like, say you send your email to your friend—technically, your computer doesn’t really understand what that data is. Even…
