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Sort a list of complex numbers based on far they are from the origin.
Given a list of complex numbers z, return a list zSorted such that the numbers that are farthest from the origin (0+0i) appear f...

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Reverse Run-Length Encoder
Given a "counting sequence" vector x, construct the original sequence y. A counting sequence is formed by "counting" the entrie...

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Roll the Dice!
*Description* Return two random integers between 1 and 6, inclusive, to simulate rolling 2 dice. *Example* [x1,x2] =...

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Map all the indices of an Array Indices into a Vector giving Index vs Row and Column
Create an array of the row and column values for the indices of an array. This is typically performed using [r c]=ind2sub(siz...

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Remove from a 2-D matrix all the rows that contain at least one element less than or equal to 4
Example: in = magic(5) in = 17 24 1 8 15 23 5 7 14 16 4 6 13 20 ...

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Back to basics 9 - Indexed References
Covering some basic topics I haven't seen elsewhere on Cody. Given an input matrix and row and column, output the index of th...

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Number of 1s in the Binary Representation of a Number
*Description* Return the number of 1s in the (unsigned integer) binary representation of a number. This function should be ab...

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Bullseye Matrix
Given n (always odd), return output a that has concentric rings of the numbers 1 through (n+1)/2 around the center point. Exampl...

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Back to basics 6 - Column Vector
Covering some basic topics I haven't seen elsewhere on Cody. Given an input vector, output true or false whether it is a colu...

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Distance walked 3D
suppose you go from x-y-z coordinates [3,4,2] to [0,0,2] to [0,1,2] to [1,1,2], to [1,1,20] then you walked 25 units of distance...

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Too mean-spirited
Find the mean of each consecutive pair of numbers in the input row vector. For example, x=[1 2 3] ----> y = [1.5 2.5] x=[1...

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Sum all integers from 1 to 2^n
Given the number x, y must be the summation of all integers from 1 to 2^x. For instance if x=2 then y must be 1+2+3+4=10.

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Right and wrong
Given a vector of lengths [a b c], determines whether a triangle with those sides lengths is a right triangle: <http://en.wikipe...

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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 find the position of an element in a vector without using the find function
Write a function posX=findPosition(x,y) where x is a vector and y is the number that you are searching for. Examples: fin...

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Back and Forth Rows
Given a number n, create an n-by-n matrix in which the integers from 1 to n^2 wind back and forth along the rows as shown in the...

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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.

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Swap the input arguments
Write a two-input, two-output function that swaps its two input arguments. For example: [q,r] = swap(5,10) returns q = ...

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

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Make a checkerboard matrix
Given an integer n, make an n-by-n matrix made up of alternating ones and zeros as shown below. The a(1,1) should be 1. Example...

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

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Wrapping the Tower of Pisa
The famous artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, who likes pizza, wants to wrap the well-known Italian tower in paper. It is a ci...

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Nearest Numbers
Given a row vector of numbers, find the indices of the two nearest numbers. Examples: [index1 index2] = nearestNumbers([2 5 3...

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Duplicate each element of a vector.
for an n-dimensional vector x, the function should return another vector 2n-dimension which each element is repeated twice. Ex...

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Find the elements of a matrix according to a defined property.
From A = [5,2,3] and B = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10] produce a vector C where : C(1) is the sum of the first A(1) elements of B, ...

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Nearest
*Description* Find the value and index of the element in vector _x_ that is nearest to value _y_. _y_ should be able to be a ...

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Matrix which contains the values of an other matrix A at the given locations.
If you have two matrices, which together give xc and yc coordinates into another matrix, eg : xc = [1 1 1; 2 2 1]; ...

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Counting Sequence
Given a vector x, find the "counting sequence" y. A counting sequence is formed by "counting" the entries in a given sequence...

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Find all elements less than 0 or greater than 10 and replace them with NaN
Given an input vector x, find all elements of x less than 0 or greater than 10 and replace them with NaN. Example: Input ...

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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...

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