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the fly, the train, the second train, and their Zeno's paradox
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Back to basics 19 - character types
Covering some basic topics I haven't seen elsewhere on Cody. Return the number of punctuation characters in the input variabl...

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Is this matrix orthogonal?
Given a square matrix, a, determine whether it is orthogonal. INPUT: a, a n x n matrix OUTPUT: true or false

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vectorization in N
For a given integer n (n>1), compute the sum f (i) (1 <= i <= n) where f (i) = 1 if n is odd and 2 otherwise.

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Solve the set of simultaneous linear equations
Given this pair of simultaneous linear equations: 2x + 3y = 23 3x + 4y = 32 Find the solution set (x,y)

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love is an n-letter word
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Find the largest value in the 3D matrix
Given a 3D matrix, A, find the largest value. E.g. >> A = 1:9; >> A=reshape(A,[3 1 3]); >> islargest(A) ans = 9

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Convert a numerical matrix into a cell array of strings
Given a numerical matrix, output a *cell array of string*. For example: if input = 1:3 output is {'1','2','3'} whic...

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Fizz Buzz
Given an array of positive, non-zero, integers, return a cell array of strings the same size as the input, where each element in...

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Find Rotated Substring
Given a string s1, find if a rotated version of s1 is present in a second string s2. For example, rotated version of some str...

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System of equations
Find a solution to a system of equations represented by a |n| by |n+1| matrix. For instance, [ 2 0 4; => 2*x = 4 ...

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Find indices of multiple minima in a vector
I have a vector, say: x= [ 1 5 6 2 6 1 3 5 1] Now I would like to get the index of the minimum values in this vector. When...

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Return the Nth Output from an Input Command
*Description* Given _F_, a cell array whose first element is a function handle and subsequent elements are arguments, return ...

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Mimic foldl in functional programming
Mimic the higher-order function |foldl| ( <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold_%28higher-order_function%29 Wikipedia:Fold (higher-...

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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, ref...

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letter yes yes & letter no no
Split a string into two strings, first string has all alphabetic letters, next string has all the rest, keep the order please, o...

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Create a dictionary
The goal is to write a function that returns a dictionary from a list of words or phrases and their definitions. Here is an exam...

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Person of interest?
given a person_of_interest, what is his_name?

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Are you in or are you out?
Given vertices specified by the vectors xv and yv, and a single point specified by the numbers X and Y, return "true" if the poi...

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Matrix with different incremental runs
Given a vector of positive integers a (>=0); How does one create the matrix where the ith column contains the vector 1:a(i) poss...

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commutative?
Given the handle to a binary function that takes two ordinary numbers, test if the function is commutative.

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Replace May with April
For instance, if the input is input_str = 'The flowers may bloom in April'; then the output is output_str = 'The flo...

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wait for me
wait exactly x seconds please, need not be more than 2 seconds but must be accurate within say 50 milliseconds, your function mu...

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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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Who knows the last digit of pi?
There is only one man who knows the last digit of pi, who is that man? Give the name of that man, who, by popular believe, can ...

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Infernal Recursion
Consider the recursion relation: x_n = (x_(n-1)*x_(n-2))^k Given x_1, x_2, and k, x_n can be found by this definition. Wr...

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Specific toolboxes
Given a string that is the name of a MATLAB toolbox, return true if it is available on the Cody solvers evaluation system, false...

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Function Sniffer
* Given a string, * find out which built-in functions are present, * output a simple string, * that has sorted and unique ...

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Back to basics 13 - Input variables
Covering some basic topics I haven't seen elsewhere on Cody. Return as a string the name of the input variable to the functio...

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Cody Computer Part 1 - Guess the system font used by uipanel
list = listfonts return the list of available system fonts. Can you guess which font is used for uipanel on the CODY computer...

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