Problem 139. Determine if a Given Number is a Triangle Number

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Bob Lin on 5 Nov 2019

Watch out! Martix size!

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Lucinda King on 11 Jan 2017

This works in Matlab but not here? It fails on Test 3, but when I use the same value of x and the same function in Matlab it works...

Jan Orwat on 13 Jan 2017

Your output y is a row vector (or scalar), but in 3'rd test it should be a column vector. Predefine y first with the same size as x.

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Ramoflaple on 10 Jul 2015

good solution

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