What Doesn’t Work ?

I had to write this post, because I have experienced this a lot.

When something doesn’t work especially with code, the asker won’t say the details. He/she just says it doesn’t work. Then it is the duty of mine to find what doesn’t work.

To simplify things, when you ask please explain :

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### What doesn&#8217;t work ?

Expected Result vs Actual Result comparison</li> 

  * ### Any Errors ?
    
    Does the compiler or interpreter (as in case of PHP) output any errors. For seeing the errors, you must first enable Error Logging. A sample of the log file would greatly help.</li> 
    
      * ### Code Samples
        
        Have you made any changes to the code which would result in the error ? If so, please post the code using <a href="http://pastebin.com" target="_blank">Pastebin</a> or <a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu Paste</a></li> 
        
          * ### Explain Clearly
            
            The most important thing is to explain clearly about your problem. If you don&#8217;t know English well, say in your own language and translate it using <a href="http://translate.google.com" target="_blank">Google</a> to English.</li> </ol> 
            
            This post will be used as reference when queries are asked that are not able to be understood by me.