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What is the expected performance of While loops using `array.pop()` assignment vs other methods

Recently I was asked to refactor some code that leverages JavaScript's array.reduce() method because other developers felt the code hard to read. While doing this I decided to play around with some ...
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is it better to have tracking fields that are maintained separately for arrays? [duplicate]

I wasn't sure exactly how to word this question, but basically, I have a struct stNeuralLayers (for a neural network I'm playing around with) with fields that are matrices (such as a double[,] ...
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Should special case be inside or outside the for loop here?

For example, suppose I have 2 arrays: let arr1=[5,2,1]; let arr2=["abcde","ab","a"]; my work is simple : to check if length of strings in arr2 are larger than corresponding element with same index ...
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Should I move tasks which is just for a specific element only out of for loop?

For example, I have a for loop, which element 0 has additional function to run compared with other elements, my question is, should the additional function be: 1.place inside for loop for(int i=0;i&...
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Is it good practice to use array.pop() assignment in a while loop condition?

Just saw a code snippet that used an array pop assignment in the while condition; was wondering if this is acceptable/good practice? var arr = [0,1,2,3,4,5]; var current; while (current = arr.pop()) {...
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Using System.out.println() with loops and arrays [closed]

Is there anyway I can create a loop for System.out.println("...") and reading in the values? For example I wish to do this: System.out.println("Input the Executive's name: "); String eName = ...
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eradicating the array = loop mindset [closed]

I have noticed a common issue in code reviews, that takes this form: // "arr" is an array for (i = 0; i < arr.length; ++i) { if (i == 3) { // do something with arr[i] } if (i ==...
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How do I move away from the “for-loop” school of thought?

This is a rather conceptual question, but I was hoping I could get some good advice on this. A lot of the programming I do is with (NumPy) arrays; I often have to match items in two or more arrays ...
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Is there a way to add unique items to an array without doing a ton of comparisons?

Please bare with me, I want this to be as language agnostic as possible becuase of the languages I am working with (One of which is a language called PowerOn). However, most languanges support for ...
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2 Dimensional Arrays in C++

I started learning arrays in C++ and came over a little side note in the book talking about 2D arrays in breif. I tested it out and i was amazed that it could give the programmer the ability to store ...
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