Why “Accepted” Shouldn’t End Your LeetCode Learning
I Used to Think "Accepted" Meant I Was Done Learning
Whenever I solve a LeetCode problem, I have a simple objective.
Get the green Accepted badge.
Move on to the next problem.
For a long time, I never questioned that habit.
Recently, while solving Matrix Diagonal Sum, something changed.
Not because the problem was difficult.
Not because I found a faster algorithm.
But because another accepted solution made me realize that I had been treating "Accepted" as the finish line.
Maybe it isn't.
Maybe it's the beginning of another kind of learning.
My Solution Was Accepted
For the problem, I naturally separated the computation into two parts.
The primary diagonal.
The secondary diagonal.
Even though both could be traversed in a single loop, my mind treated them as two independent responsibilities.
So I maintained two variables.
One for each diagonal.
After both sums were computed, I handled the only...
Copyright of this story solely belongs to hackernoon.com. To see the full text click HERE
