Problem 157. The Hitchhiker's Guide to MATLAB

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Haresh Varu on 29 May 2013

weird question

Vivek on 6 Jun 2013

??. Please some one explain me the problem

Cui Xiaopeng on 21 Aug 2013

I cann't bear so weird question! why 42?

niu on 1 Mar 2014

42 is the ultimate answer to life,universe and everything.--- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy!

Miao on 30 Jul 2014

I wish there is a "dislike" opinion.

Joshua on 6 Nov 2014

Very good.

Spir4L on 6 May 2015

That's nice! Btw I dont understand how to get less then 13.

Grzegorz Popek on 15 May 2015

Honestly, I solved it only because it kept reappearing on my list.

Carl Witthoft on 16 Dec 2015

In the spirit of troublemaking: I think the solution should accept text input, e.g. "forty-two"

Xianglong Wang on 10 Nov 2016

Really weird question!

Junseok Yang on 12 Nov 2016

good

haziq hadi on 27 Dec 2016

42. do not add zero after 2

mohd mu'aazullah yaakob on 27 Dec 2016

good

edwin chua on 29 Dec 2016

good one

KHOGULAN THANGAIAH on 29 Dec 2016

gooodyy

Naimul Hassan on 20 Apr 2017

Is it necessary to know about "The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" to solve this problem or it has a different logic behind the solution?

If it doesn't have a different logic, I have to say it was a boring problem.

Aurik Sarker on 22 Aug 2018

classic

Hamza Maqbool on 3 Feb 2020

Amazing!

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Solution 1950009

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Simon Thomas on 26 Sep 2019

The Ultimate Question:
What do you get if you multiply 6 by 9?

42 is the Matlab score for this solution

Solution 1509094

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Juan Manuel Gutiérrez on 13 Nov 2018

Same problem

Solution 1031688

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David Verrelli on 3 Sep 2018

This user (mohamed elbesealy) appears to have gamed the system, with fraudulent "likes" of this unremarkable solution submitted by 'sock-puppet' accounts. —DIV

Solution 478414

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Kneel Armstrong on 25 Jul 2014

Why 42?

Raymond Phan on 25 Jul 2014

You need to read the book, or at least watch the movie to get it.

Solution 284104

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Simon Thomas on 26 Sep 2019

Bravo

Solution 273246

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Disha on 8 Jul 2013

Why have you compared x with '42' specifically?

Ned Gulley on 8 Jul 2013

@Disha: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)#The_Hitchhiker.27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy

Solution 265581

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Siddharth Bhalerao on 22 Jun 2013

the question????

Sophie on 22 Oct 2016

ahahaha. The question is "what do you get if you multiply six by nine?"

Solution 244398

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Mohamed B.S. on 14 May 2013

I don't get it... really weird..

Solution 225237

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bainhome on 29 Mar 2013

I'm pretty sure I'm a geek,but the answer still baffles me...

Solution 177085

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sea knowledge on 14 Dec 2012

l don't understand what the problem mean

the cyclist on 14 Dec 2012

@sea knowledge: The solution to this problem requires some knowledge that is commonly held in the geek community. The problem title and the template solution have some hints.

Solution 141641

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William Smith on 25 Sep 2012

An optimistic solution!

Solution 133401

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William Smith on 25 Sep 2012

Ironic? Or does Douglas Adams know ASCII>?

Solution 133267

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William Smith on 25 Sep 2012

painful indenting!

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