Preparing yourself for Code challenges

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Published on 2012-10-05T06:31:43Z Indexed on 2012/10/05 9:48 UTC
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Just a few days ago I discovered Codility, and I tried their challenges. And I must say. I got my behind handed to me on a platter. I'm not sure what the problem was, but I'll lick my wounds and wait for the solution to come out and compare it with my own. In the meantime, I want to get ready for the next challenge so I'm reading their previous blog posts and seeing how to solve their previous problems. There are a lot of new things I haven't heard about like (Cartesian trees, various sort algorithms, etc.)

So, how does one prepare for such challenges (especially the O(x) time and space complexity). What should I read to prepare for such a task?

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