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"Look and say" sequence
What's the next number in this sequence? * [0] * [1 0] * [1 1 1 0] * [3 1 1 0] * [1 3 2 1 1 0] This a variant on the w...

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middleAsColumn: Return all but first and last element as a column vector
Given input A, return all but the first and last elements, arranged as a column vector. (I.e., all dimensions after the first s...

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Repopulate the City
For any population p of positive integers between pmin and pmax, we can calculate histogram count n for a list of evenly dividin...

14 years ago | 13 | 52 solvers

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Return elements unique to either input
Given two numeric inputs a and b, return a row vector that contains the numbers found in only a or only b, but not both. For ex...

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Encoding Google Maps Polylines
This problem is based on the Google Polyline Encoder algorithm. This is how Google Maps encodes a line for display on a map. You...

14 years ago | 1 | 13 solvers

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Number of 1s in a binary string
Find the number of 1s in the given binary string. Example. If the input string is '1100101', the output is 4. If the input stri...

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How to add?
* Imagine you are in 2222 Anno Domini, when everyone must learn how to add, * and competing for the highly prestigious post of,...

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Flip the main diagonal of a matrix
Given a n x n matrix, M, flip its main diagonal. Example: >> M=magic(5); >> flipDiagonal(M) 9 24 1 ...

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Set defaults
Write a function that computes the volume of a cube. The function should be able to accept three inputs: the length, width, and...

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Stuff the Board
You have a stack of tiles to put onto an array-like playing board. Each tile has a number (always an integer), and the board var...

14 years ago | 9 | 581 solvers

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Rotate and display numbered tile
Imagine a square tile with four numbers on it, one on each edge. We will call these edges north, east, south, and west. If th...

14 years ago | 3 | 379 solvers

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Stuff the Board
You have a stack of tiles to put onto an array-like playing board. Each tile has a number (always an integer), and the board var...

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Times 2 - START HERE
Try out this test problem first. Given the variable x as your input, multiply it by two and put the result in y. Examples:...

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Vectorizing, too easy or too hard?
Please insert a . before any ^, * or / in the string. That's it!!

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Convert hex color specification to MATLAB RGB
Here's something that comes up all the time if you deal with web pages. Given a <http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colors.as...

14 years ago | 7 | 256 solvers

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Cody Computer Part 1 - Guess the system font used by uipanel
list = listfonts return the list of available system fonts. Can you guess which font is used for uipanel on the CODY computer...

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Spot the rectangle (Part 2)
This problem is related to the <http://bit-player.org/2009/the-17x17-challenge 17x17 challenge>. See also <http://www.mathworks....

14 years ago | 5 | 133 solvers

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Spot the rectangle
This problem is related to the <http://bit-player.org/2009/the-17x17-challenge 17x17 challenge>. Given a matrix filled with ones...

14 years ago | 3 | 171 solvers

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Would Homer Like It?
Given a matrix of ones and zeros, you must determine if there are any doughnuts present (would Homer Simpson like it?). A doughn...

14 years ago | 5 | 20 solvers

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Make the vector [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10]
In MATLAB, you create a vector by enclosing the elements in square brackets like so: x = [1 2 3 4] Commas are optional, s...

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Make an awesome ramp for a tiny motorcycle stuntman
Okay, given a vector, say v=[1 3 6 9 11], turn it into a matrix 'ramp' like so: m=[1 3 6 9 11; 3 6 9 11 0; 6 9 ...

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Formatting currency numbers
Given a number, format it properly for textual display using the notation $xxx,xxx,xxx.xx. Assume that no more than two digits ...

14 years ago | 0 | 203 solvers

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Function to format number as currency?
Using SPRINTF is the way to go, but getting the commas right is tricky. I turned this into a question for Cody to see what folks...

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Formatting currency numbers
Given a number, format it properly for textual display using the notation $xxx,xxx,xxx.xx. Assume that no more than two digits ...

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Is this group simply connected?
Given connectivity information about a graph, your job is to figure out if the graph is fully connected. You are given a list of...

14 years ago | 6 | 36 solvers

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Right and wrong
Given a vector of lengths [a b c], determines whether a triangle with those sides lengths is a right triangle: <http://en.wikipe...

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How to separate this DNA sequence?
Here's a simple way to chunk your DNA up into codons. Then you can just pull the rows off to get each triplet. >> sequence =...

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Add two numbers
Given a and b, return the sum a+b in c.

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Find the stride of the longest skip sequence
We define a _skip sequence_ as a regularly-spaced list of integers such as might be generated by MATLAB's <http://www.mathworks....

14 years ago | 9 | 179 solvers

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Swap the input arguments
Write a two-input, two-output function that swaps its two input arguments. For example: [q,r] = swap(5,10) returns q = ...

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