# Quick Question on line graphs

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/quick-question-on-line-graphs/2786>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [August 20, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/quick-question-on-line-graphs/2786 "2018-08-20T10:52:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![tony](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/tony/32/949_2.png) [@tony](https://discourse.processing.org/u/tony)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/quick-question-on-line-graphs/2786/3 "2018-08-21T21:44:07Z")

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I appreciate your enthusiasm, but giving someone the code, outright, is not helpful in the long run. For anyone who has coded for a while, the answer may have seemed “simple as that”, but to a beginner, it’s probably not as apparent - there’s a reason @Groot came here for help.

In situations like these, try to impress process over code - not “what is the answer” but “how do I get to the answer?”, because, in the long run, learning how to teach yourself is much more useful than the knowledge itself. And do so in a way that doesn’t make them feel stupid for not knowing something “simple as that”.

I definitely encourage you to keep contributing to this community, and give this thread a read if you haven’t already:

> [@Guidelines—Answering Questions](https://discourse.processing.org/t/guidelines-how-to-answer-questions/2145):
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> If you’re here, it means you’re thinking about contributing to the Processing community by answering questions on the forum. That’s great! This guide is meant to help you answer questions in a way that’s most helpful. Be nice. Remember that you’re talking to a person! Follow the guidelines in the [FAQ](https://discourse.processing.org/faq). Also read through the [P5.js community guidelines](https://p5js.org/community/). Specifically, avoid making judgments like “this code is bad” or “that’s a dumb way to do this”. Be mindful of how your tone comes across over the…

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