A Beginner's Guide to The Big O Notationby@vibhorthakral
5,003 reads

A Beginner's Guide to The Big O Notation

tldt arrow
Read on Terminal Reader
Read this story w/o Javascript

Too Long; Didn't Read

Big O Notation is used to describe the performance of an algorithm. Big O is used for the worst-case scenario and the average case scenario of the algorithm. It is the most common Big O notation, the O(n) notation. This article will help you understand the basics of the craziness that is Big O. It will be using JavaScript throughout the article but you can use any language of your choice. The most common notation is O(1), it simply means the operation will always execute in a constant amount of time regardless of how big the input size is.

People Mentioned

Mention Thumbnail
featured image - A Beginner's Guide to The Big O Notation
Vibhor Thakral HackerNoon profile picture

@vibhorthakral

Vibhor Thakral

Receive Stories from @vibhorthakral

react to story with heart

RELATED STORIES

L O A D I N G
. . . comments & more!
Hackernoon hq - po box 2206, edwards, colorado 81632, usa