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Add two numbers
Calculate the sum of two numbers. Example input = [2 3] output = 5

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Make one big string out of two smaller strings
If you have two small strings, like 'a' and 'b', return them put together like 'ab'. 'a' and 'b' => 'ab' For extra ...

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How to subtract?
*&plusmn &plusmn &plusmn &plusmn &plusmn &plusmn &plusmn &plusmn &plusmn &plusmn &plusmn* * Imagine you need to subtract one...

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Extract leading non-zero digit
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law Benford's Law> states that the distribution of leading digits is not random. This...

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Sorted highest to lowest?
Return 1 if the input is sorted from highest to lowest, 0 if not. Example: 1:7 -> 0 [7 5 2] -> 1

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Check if number exists in vector
Return 1 if number _a_ exists in vector _b_ otherwise return 0. a = 3; b = [1,2,4]; Returns 0. a = 3; b = [1,...

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Matrix with different incremental runs
Given a vector of positive integers a = [ 3 2 4 ]; create the matrix where the *i* th column contains the vector *1:a(i)...

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Removing rows from a matrix is easy - but what about inserting rows?
Assume A is a 5-by-5 matrix. A([2,4],:) = [] is a quick way to remove rows 2 and 4. Can you find a quick way to insert rows into...

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Operate on matrices of unequal, yet similar, size
You may want to add a vector to a matrix, implying that the vector is added to each column of the matrix. Or multiply a 3x4x5 ma...

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Make an awesome ramp for a tiny motorcycle stuntman
Okay, given a vector, say v=[1 3 6 9 11], turn it into a matrix 'ramp' like so: m=[1 3 6 9 11; 3 6 9 11 0; 6 9 ...

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Remove the air bubbles
Given a matrix a, return a matrix b in which all the zeros have "bubbled" to the top. That is, any zeros in a given column shoul...

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Proper Factors
Generate the proper factors of input integer x and return them in ascending order. For more information on proper factors, refer...

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Find perfect placement of non-rotating dominoes (easier)
Given a list of ordered pairs, find the order they should be placed in a line, such that the sum of the absolute values of the d...

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Find common elements in matrix rows
Given a matrix, find all elements that exist in every row. For example, given A = 1 2 3 5 9 2 5 9 3 2 5 9 ...

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Interpolator
You have a two vectors, a and b. They are monotonic and the same length. Given a value, va, where va is between a(1) and a(end...

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First non-zero element in each column
For a given matrix, calculate the index of the first non-zero element in each column. Assuming a column with all elements zero ...

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Get the elements of diagonal and antidiagonal for any m-by-n matrix
In the problem <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/858-permute-diagonal-and-antidiagonal Problem 858. Permute ...

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We love vectorized solutions. Problem 1 : remove the row average.
Given a 2-d matrix, remove the row average from each row. Your solution MUST be vectorized. The solution will be tested for ac...

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Kepler's Equation
Solve <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler's_equation Kepler's Equation>. Note that the solution is rounded down to 5 decima...

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Legendre polynomials
Given an integer _n_ ≥ 0, generate the _n_-th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendre_polynomials Legendre polynomial>. *Ex...

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Rosenbrock's Banana Function and its derivatives
Write a function to return the value of <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenbrock_function Rosenbrock's two-dimensional banana fu...

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Hermite Polynomials
Return the _n_-th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermite_polynomials Hermite polynomial> of the physicists' type. Assume that ...

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Laguerre polynomials
Given an integer _n_ ≥ 0, generate the _n_-th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguerre_polynomials Laguerre polynomial>. *Ex...

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Stuff the Board
You have a stack of tiles to put onto an array-like playing board. Each tile has a number (always an integer), and the board var...

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Rounding off numbers to n decimals
Inspired by a mistake in one of the problems I created, I created this problem where you have to round off a floating point numb...

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Rotate input square matrix 90 degrees CCW without rot90
Rotate input matrix (which will be square) 90 degrees counter-clockwise without using rot90,flipud,fliplr, or flipdim (or eval)....

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Permute diagonal and antidiagonal
Permute diagonal and antidiagonal For example [1 2 3;4 5 6;7 8 9] -> [3 2 1;4 5 6;9 8 7] WITHOUT diag function (and variable n...

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surrounded matrix
With a given matrix A (size m x n) create a matrix B (size m+2 x n+2) so that the matrix A is surrounded by ones: A = [1 2 ...

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Back to basics 23 - Triangular matrix
Covering some basic topics I haven't seen elsewhere on Cody. Given an input matrix, return a matrix with all elements above a...

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Back to basics 21 - Matrix replicating
Covering some basic topics I haven't seen elsewhere on Cody. Given an input matrix, generate an output matrix that consists o...

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