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Penny flipping - calculate winning probability (easy)
Two players are playing a fair penny flipping game. For each flip, the winner adds one penny from the loser's collection to his/...

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Infinite precision division
Develop a function that will divide a very very large integer numerator, supplied to function as a string (e.g., '12233344445555...

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first step for Huffman Coding (easy)
Given a string, you must sort the characters by occurrence (from lowest to highest). This step is necessary to generate a Huf...

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Center of mass
Given a matrix M(m,n), where m is the number of vertices of the geometrical element and n is 2 or 3 (2D-plane figure or 3D-solid...

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When can one be the Life Member of the IEEE?
Consult the site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieee from where it can be seen that IEEE Members who have reached the age of 65 an...

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Convert elements in numeric array into different class
Write a function that converts elements in a numeric array into a different class. Example: a = [1:5]; % class: double b...

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Create matrix of replicated elements
Given an input element x, and the dimensions, (m, n) return a matrix of size m x n filled with element x. Example: Input: ...

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It's race time again! Write a function that is at least twice as fast as the test suite call of repmat().
Given an input element x, and the dimensions, (m, n) return a matrix of size m x n filled with element x. This must be done in l...

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Coin change combinations.
Using only pennies (1), nickels (5), dimes (10), quarters (25), half dollars (50), and dollars (100), how many different combina...

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Decoding : Find the value
'u' in the function below is of type char or string and 'v' is of type int or double. function y = your_fcn_name( u, v) ...

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Overwrite/Re-defination PROBLEM
>> M = magic(3) M = 8 1 6 3 5 7 4 9 2 >> result = -det(M) result = 36...

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It's race time! Write a faster function than the test suite call of unique().
Write a function to get unique elements of a vector faster than unique()! Input will be a vector (of integers or floating point ...

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ASCII art
Convert a grayscale image to ASCII <<http://www.alfnie.com/software/cameraman.jpg>> *Inputs:* * *img*: Grayscale imag...

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Who is the smartest MATLAB programmer?
Who is the smartest MATLAB programmer? Examples: Input x = 'Is it Obama?' Output = 'Me!' Input x = 'Who ?' Ou...

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Determine the number of odd integers in a vector
Determine the number of unique odd integers in a vector. Examples: Input x = [2 5 8 3 7 1]; Output y = 4; Inp...

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Create a Video
Create an avi video of the function surf(sin(2*pi*k/20)*Z,Z) for k=1:100 with an avi "quality" of 5. The standard quality is ...

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Golomb's self-describing sequence (based on Euler 341)
The Golomb's self-describing sequence {G(n)} is the only nondecreasing sequence of natural numbers such that n appears exactly G...

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Flexible Anonymous Function
Given a function handle, return a handle to a function that would accept an arbitrary number of inputs, applies the function to ...

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Non-zero bits in 10^n.
Given an integer that is a power of 10, find the number of non-zero bits, k, in its binary representation. For example: * ...

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RMS value from a set of observations
Find rms value of a set of observations of a physical quantity? Hint: The observations are accessed in the form of vectors

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Generate a random matrix A of (1,-1)
Input n: is an positive integer which serves as the dimension of the matrix A; Output: A=(Aij),where each entry Aij is either...

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Output any real number that is neither positive nor negative
Output any real number that is neither positive nor negative

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Join Strings with Multiple Different Delimiters
The idea is to form the string S by interleaving the elements of a cell array of strings DELIMITER and another cell array of st...

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Mean ignoring NaNs
Define a function that behaves in the same way as mean(x) and mean(x,d) except that it ignores NaNs (unless all of the values be...

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create a circulant matrix
create a circulant matrix

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Mann-Kendall Correlation
Write a function that returns the <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendall_tau_rank_correlation_coefficient Mann-Kendall> correlati...

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What gear ratio does the cyclist need?
A cyclist (perhaps including our famed Codysolver the cyclist <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/players/1841757-the...

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Create an 'arrow-head" matrix
Write a function that when given an odd number, produces an arrow-head function pointing to the right. Examples n = 3 ...

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Phonebook-like problem
strcmpi('Yes', 'No')

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Two-output anonymous function?
Return a function handle that when applied to an input, it produces two outputs: the first is the same as the input, and the sec...

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