Problem 44342. Spot the First Occurrence of 5

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Aaron Margolis on 19 Jun 2018

Oof that was tricky but enjoyable. Nested for loops were helpful

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LIFE on 29 Nov 2020

good!

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GEORGIOS BEKAS on 8 Jan 2018

tough but good.
I used a cell array and the following info:
https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/361968-getting-first-element-of-each-cell-array-with-different-sizes

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Jafar Ala on 30 Dec 2017

How is my solution is evaluated?

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Francis Naldo on 29 Dec 2017

MATLAB will not show error when using index 0 as long as it is a boolean (logicals).

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