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...

14 years ago

Solved

Return the 3n+1 sequence for n
A Collatz sequence is the sequence where, for a given number n, the next number in the sequence is either n/2 if the number is e...

14 years ago

Solved

Most nonzero elements in row
Given the matrix a, return the index r of the row with the most nonzero elements. Assume there will always be exactly one row th...

14 years ago

Solved

Find the numeric mean of the prime numbers in a matrix.
There will always be at least one prime in the matrix. Example: Input in = [ 8 3 5 9 ] Output out is 4...

14 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 + ...

14 years ago

Solved

Pizza!
Given a circular pizza with radius _z_ and thickness _a_, return the pizza's volume. [ _z_ is first input argument.] Non-scor...

14 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...

14 years ago

Solved

Check if sorted
Check if sorted. Example: Input x = [1 2 0] Output y is 0

14 years ago

Solved

Finding Perfect Squares
Given a vector of numbers, return true if one of the numbers is a square of one of the other numbers. Otherwise return false. E...

14 years ago

Solved

Swap the first and last columns
Flip the outermost columns of matrix A, so that the first column becomes the last and the last column becomes the first. All oth...

14 years ago

Solved

Weighted average
Given two lists of numbers, determine the weighted average. Example [1 2 3] and [10 15 20] should result in 33.333...

14 years ago

Solved

Fibonacci sequence
Calculate the nth Fibonacci number. Given n, return f where f = fib(n) and f(1) = 1, f(2) = 1, f(3) = 2, ... Examples: Inpu...

14 years ago

Solved

Determine whether a vector is monotonically increasing
Return true if the elements of the input vector increase monotonically (i.e. each element is larger than the previous). Return f...

14 years ago

Solved

Spiral In
Create an m by n matrix filled with sequential integers starting from 1 and arranged in a counterclockwise spiral that hugs the ...

14 years ago

Problem

Spiral In
Create an m by n matrix filled with sequential integers starting from 1 and arranged in a counterclockwise spiral that hugs the ...

14 years ago | 3 | 120 solvers

Solved

It dseon't mettar waht oedrr the lrettes in a wrod are.
An internet meme from 2003 (read more <http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp here>) asserted that readers are re...

14 years ago

Solved

Find the sum of the elements in the "second" diagonal
Find the sum of the elements in the diagonal that starts at the top-right corner and ends at the bottom-left corner.

14 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 ...

14 years ago

Solved

Magic!
Check whether the input matrix is a normal magic square: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_square> Output the logical va...

14 years ago

Solved

Triangle Numbers
Triangle numbers are the sums of successive integers. So 6 is a triangle number because 6 = 1 + 2 + 3 which can be displa...

14 years ago

Solved

The Hitchhiker's Guide to MATLAB
Output logical "true" if the input is the answer to life, the universe and everything. Otherwise, output logical "false".

14 years ago

Solved

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

14 years ago

Solved

Scrabble Scores
Given a word, determine its score in <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrabble Scrabble>. The input string will always be provide...

14 years ago

Solved

Find the two most distant points
Given a collection of points, return the indices of the rows that contain the two points most distant from one another. The inpu...

14 years ago

Solved

Counting in Finnish
Sort a vector of single digit whole numbers alphabetically by their name, in Finnish. See the Wikipedia page for <http://en.wik...

14 years ago

Solved

Indexed Probability Table
This question was inspired by a Stack Overflow question forwarded to me by Matt Simoneau. Given a vector x, make an indexed pro...

14 years ago

Solved

Implement a ROT13 cipher
Replace each character in string s1 with the character that is shifted 13 positions from it (wrap back to the beginning if neces...

14 years ago

Solved

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

14 years ago

Solved

QWERTY coordinates
Given a lowercase letter or a digit as input, return the row where that letter appears on a <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboa...

14 years ago

Solved

Function Iterator
Given a handle fh to a function which takes a scalar input and returns a scalar output and an integer n >= 1, return a handle f...

14 years ago