TLE and WA

o1e3 · January 7, 2014, 5:43pm

If my solution is both WA and TLE, will it say it a WA or TLE? i.e Can a TLE solution be wrong also?

vinayawsm · January 7, 2014, 6:12pm

It will give you TLE if the case that gets a wrong answer is to be compiled after the given time. If such a case compiles even before the time limit then it gives a WA.

squal · January 7, 2014, 6:17pm

@o1e3:

a good explanation by betlista: see this link

Yes A TLE solution can be WRONG. If Your solution results WA for one submission and TLE for another submission, this means that your solution’s running time is very close to the alloted timelimit.

So when you got WA, your program provided the solution but it was wrong
When you got TLE, The Time limit was exceeded before your program could provide the result(so your solution is not checked since the program already resulted in TLE )

shubham_upadhy · July 16, 2017, 11:41pm

what does Result-AC mean?

mukul_vashisht · July 17, 2017, 12:29am

@ shubham_upadhy
AC means Accepted. Your program ran successfully and gave a correct answer.

ashwanth2003 · June 21, 2020, 5:44pm

The time limit of question is 1.00 sec

I have a doubt , if I get a WA at 0.97 sec does it means that my code produced correct for most test cases .

shreyashpc · July 31, 2021, 2:56pm

Did you find answer to this?