I'm a beginner in programming, and I found out I cannot even reproduce a simple number guessing program I have earlier copied from a book.

Is it a beginner issue, or there is more than just continuing to learn to be able to code without hints?

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[–] 2 points 4 months ago*

Don't sweat it if you don't remember syntax stuff right away.

The building blocks will repeat so much - your if statements, loops, variable initialization - that some will stick in your head eventually.

But even when you get it, every once in a while you'll get a brain blip and have to look it up. Don't hesitate to have the language manual readily available. (As a next step, try working from that kind of language reference instead of copying direct from the tutorial.)

Most of the time in you won't even have to know it - in larger projects, you'll find a similar bit of code in an existing file and copy it, then make your modifications. Or depending on your dev environment, the IDE's intellisense stuff will act as a guide rail.

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