How to use the test data downloaded from USACO?

#1

Hello Programmers,

I am curious on what the “test data” link on the USACO website does. I clicked on it and downloaded a bunch of files, but I have no idea how to make use of those files. They end with .in or .out. Are they test cases? Or they work in some different ways?

Grutrakh

#2

The .in files are the input cases, while the .out files are the outputs.
For example, 1.in is an input case, and 1.out is the corresponding correct output.

#3

Do I use them in an IDE?

#4

You paste the .in file into your program’s input file, run it, and compare the output with the given corresponding .out files.