Is it best to code from a blank sheet or improving a code that's already written?

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Just had a curious thought, but for general coding and programming, do you think it's best to work out all the logic yourself and start from a blank sheet or just take a code that has been written already(by you or someone else) and just change it to your liking? Assuming you have a programming background of like 1year+. (because as a beginner, it's best to learn from nothing)

I'm not saying copy+paste someone else's code and say it's yours.

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