Problem 824. Set the array elements whose value is 13 to 0

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Isha Desai on 11 Oct 2017

this is a good problem

Asif Newaz on 25 Nov 2019

damn man!!! i just tore my head off to solve this then i figured there is a very very simple way to do that

Israt Jahan on 21 Jun 2020

A simple yet good problem. It made me think outside of using if and for loop.

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Szász Botond on 17 Mar 2021

Very nice! It's just ones row but ver clever!

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jj L on 9 Aug 2018

Good!

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Anil Sarode on 26 Dec 2017

This problem made me think and force me drop my all weapons(predefined function ) even for loop ,and while loop

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Grady on 11 Jan 2017

Thanks for showing how to check for loops and other unwanted commands in the function. This is really helpful to test my students.

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