Solved

Back to basics 6 - Column Vector
Covering some basic topics I haven't seen elsewhere on Cody. Given an input vector, output true or false whether it is a colu...

9 years ago

Solved

Return the first and last character of a string
Return the first and last character of a string, concatenated together. If there is only one character in the string, the functi...

9 years ago

Solved

Sum of diagonal of a square matrix
If x = [1 2 4; 3 4 5; 5 6 7] then y should be the sum of the diagonals of the matrix y = 1 + 4 + 7 = 12

9 years ago

Solved

Is my wife right?
Regardless of input, output the string 'yes'.

9 years ago

Solved

Arrange Vector in descending order
If x=[0,3,4,2,1] then y=[4,3,2,1,0]

9 years ago

Solved

Roll the Dice!
*Description* Return two random integers between 1 and 6, inclusive, to simulate rolling 2 dice. *Example* [x1,x2] =...

9 years ago

Solved

Find the alphabetic word product
If the input string s is a word like 'hello', then the output word product p is a number based on the correspondence a=1, b=2, ....

9 years ago

Solved

Return the largest number that is adjacent to a zero
This example comes from Steve Eddins' blog: <http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2009/05/27/learning-lessons-from-a-one-liner/ Lear...

9 years ago

Solved

Target sorting
Sort the given list of numbers |a| according to how far away each element is from the target value |t|. The result should return...

9 years ago

Solved

Sort a list of complex numbers based on far they are from the origin.
Given a list of complex numbers z, return a list zSorted such that the numbers that are farthest from the origin (0+0i) appear f...

9 years ago

Solved

Make one big string out of two smaller strings
If you have two small strings, like 'a' and 'b', return them put together like 'ab'. 'a' and 'b' => 'ab' For extra ...

9 years ago

Solved

Tell me the slope
Tell me the slope, given a vector with horizontal run first and vertical rise next. Example input: x = [10 2];

9 years ago

Solved

Sorted highest to lowest?
Return 1 if the input is sorted from highest to lowest, 0 if not. Example: 1:7 -> 0 [7 5 2] -> 1

9 years ago

Solved

Counting Money
Add the numbers given in the cell array of strings. The strings represent amounts of money using this notation: $99,999.99. E...

9 years ago

Solved

Is this triangle right-angled?
Given three positive numbers a, b, c, where c is the largest number, return *true* if the triangle with sides a, b and c is righ...

9 years ago

Solved

Remove all the consonants
Remove all the consonants in the given phrase. Example: Input s1 = 'Jack and Jill went up the hill'; Output s2 is 'a ...

9 years ago

Solved

Nearest Numbers
Given a row vector of numbers, find the indices of the two nearest numbers. Examples: [index1 index2] = nearestNumbers([2 5 3...

9 years ago

Solved

Check if number exists in vector
Return 1 if number _a_ exists in vector _b_ otherwise return 0. a = 3; b = [1,2,4]; Returns 0. a = 3; b = [1,...

9 years ago

Solved

How to find the position of an element in a vector without using the find function
Write a function posX=findPosition(x,y) where x is a vector and y is the number that you are searching for. Examples: fin...

9 years ago

Solved

Remove the vowels
Remove all the vowels in the given phrase. Example: Input s1 = 'Jack and Jill went up the hill' Output s2 is 'Jck nd Jll wn...

9 years ago

Solved

Length of the hypotenuse
Given short sides of lengths a and b, calculate the length c of the hypotenuse of the right-angled triangle. <<http://upload....

9 years ago

Solved

What number has this problem?
This problem is added because it is problem number *???* in the "Community" problems section. <http://www.mathworks.de/matlab...

9 years ago

Solved

Bottles of beer
Given an input number representing the number of bottles of beer on the wall, output how many are left if you take one down and ...

9 years ago

Solved

Too mean-spirited
Find the mean of each consecutive pair of numbers in the input row vector. For example, x=[1 2 3] ----> y = [1.5 2.5] x=[1...

9 years ago

Solved

radius of a spherical planet
you just measured its surface area, that is the input.

9 years ago

Solved

The Goldbach Conjecture
The <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldbach's_conjecture Goldbach conjecture> asserts that every even integer greater than 2 can ...

9 years ago

Solved

Back and Forth Rows
Given a number n, create an n-by-n matrix in which the integers from 1 to n^2 wind back and forth along the rows as shown in the...

9 years ago

Solved

Summing digits
Given n, find the sum of the digits that make up 2^n. Example: Input n = 7 Output b = 11 since 2^7 = 128, and 1 + ...

9 years ago

Solved

Remove any row in which a NaN appears
Given the matrix A, return B in which all the rows that have one or more <http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/nan.html NaN...

9 years ago

Solved

Generate pi using logarithm
Generate pi using logarithm

9 years ago