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Convert double scalar to half-precision floating point (IEEE 754r)
Use MATLAB to convert a scalar double into a half-precision floating point. The return value should be a uint16. The half-pr...

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matrix zigzag
Unfold a 2-D matrix to a 1-D array in zig-zag order, e.g., for matrix [ 1 2 3 ; 4 5 6 ; 7 8 9 ] the resulting 1-...

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Sum the Digits of a Number
Given an integer, sum the digits repeatedly until you end up with a single value less than 10. For example, if you add the di...

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Happy 2013...
Happy 2013, everyone! An interesting tidbit about 2013 is that it is the first year since 1987 to contain four different digits...

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Binpack Contest: Retro
The <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contest/contests/3/rules Full Binpack Rules and examples>. This Challenge is a re...

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Gene Sequence Contest: Retro
The <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contest/contests/21/rules Full Gene Sequence Rules and examples>. This Challenge ...

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Coin Tossing: Probability of Same Heads for N tosses
A pair of physicists toss a coin n times each. What is the probability that they tossed the same number of heads? *Input:*...

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Find the solution of algebraic equation
Find the solution of algebraic equation of the form an*x^n + a(n-1)*x^(n-1) + (an-2)*x^(n-2)+...... a2*x^2 + a1*x^1 + a0 = 0;...

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Identify the heavier bag
There are N=2^n bags of rice looking alike, N-1 of which have equal weight and one is slightly heavier. The weighing balance is ...

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Sum the elements in either diagonal of a square matrix
Sum the elements of a square matrix that lie on either the major diagonal or anti-diagonal.

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Generate pi using logarithm
Generate pi using logarithm

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Accessing elements on the diagonal
Access the diagonal elements of a matrix without 'diag' function

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Decrypt Polybius
Decrypt Polybius square. Please refer to <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/1150-polybius-square Problem 11...

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Polybius Square
Given a string, calculate the coordinates. Input will be always in lowercase. If string is a sentence then use 0 (zero) to indic...

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Compression: Encode and Decode
This Challenge is to compress an array created by randi(2^32-1,1000) and then decompress your data file. The first call will ...

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Possible Outcomes of American Roulette
The payout for American roulette can be calculated by: payout = (38/n)-1 where n is the number of squares the bet covers. ...

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Calculate Alcohol By Volume with Original and Final Gravity
Given an initial gravity of un-fermented wort (OG) and a final gravity of fermented wort (FG), better known as beer, it is possi...

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Chezz_015 : Simplified chess
Chezz:...A simplified Chess game. Two game match with future multiple skill levels via evolutionary upgrades. Simplified the ...

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Chezz_000 : Simplified chess
Chezz:...A simplified Chess game. Two game match with future multiple skill levels via evolutionary upgrades. Simplified the ...

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Volume difference between Ellipsoid and Sphere
Given an ellipsoid of semi principal axis (a,b,c) find the volume of the difference between this ellipsoid and the sphere with...

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Knots Contest: Score (ContestSuite)
This Challenge is to Score well on the <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contest/contests/38/rules Knots contest> test sui...

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Knots Contest: Minimum Knots (ContestSuite)
This Challenge is to Minimize the number of Knots for the <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contest/contests/38/rules Knot...

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Get ranks of values in a vector
For a given vector, say [6 3 8 2], return the ranks (ascending) of observations, i.e. [3 2 4 1]. Do not worry about tied ranks. ...

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Go-style solver
Consider a variation of the game Go where one player has gone ahead and placed several pieces all at once. Assuming that the sec...

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Eliminate Polysyllabics: Long live short words!
Given a string s1, return s2 in which all the words with more than one syllable have been removed. To make things simple, we ...

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Challenging perms function!
This problem is highly related with <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/1127-decrypt-a-secret-message Problem ...

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Create a recurrence matrix for a vector of data
In <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversation_analysis conversation analysis>, it's often useful to track the contributions fro...

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Sequential Unconstrained Minimization (SUMT) using Interior Penalty
Write a function to find the values of a design variable vector, _x_, that minimizes a scalar objective function, _f_ ( _x_ ), g...

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Sequential Unconstrained Minimization (SUMT) using Exterior Penalty
Write a function to find the values of a design variable vector, _x_, that minimizes a scalar objective function, _f_, given a f...

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Property dispute!
Two neighbors have rectangular plots of land A and B. The surveyors give you the coordinates of each. If they overlap, there is ...

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