Robert Turner

TASC Inc

50 total contributions since 2012

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Balanced number
Given a positive integer find whether it is a balanced number. For a balanced number the sum of first half of digits is equal to...

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De-dupe
Remove all the redundant elements in a vector, but keep the first occurrence of each value in its original location. So if a =...

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Rotate and display numbered tile
Imagine a square tile with four numbers on it, one on each edge. We will call these edges north, east, south, and west. If th...

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Scoring for oriented dominoes
Given a list of ordered pairs, and the order they should be placed in a line, find the sum of the absolute values of the differe...

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Replace multiples of 5 with NaN
It is required to replace all values in a vector that are multiples of 5 with NaN. Example: input: x = [1 2 5 12 10 7] ...

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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 best domino orientation
Given a list of pairs, find the orientation they should be placed in a line, such that the sum of the absolute values of the dif...

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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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Will there be a new leader?
Simply answer the title.

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Will there be a new leader?
Simply answer the title.

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The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything
A variation of a previous Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy problem. *Inputs:* Life, the Universe, and Everything *Output:*...

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Finding Perfect Squares
Given a vector of numbers, return true if one of the numbers is a square of one of the other numbers. Otherwise return false. E...

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finding indices of a vector's elements
you have vector x,as input,sort it ascending by mathlab function or your own code,then in the new vector,sorted_x,for each eleme...

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2D - Mean Filter
Assume you are given an "image" matrix of size NxM. Reduce the image noise by implementing a mean filter window of size 9 (a 3x3...

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Return 'on' or 'off'
When the input is true, return 'on', otherwise, return 'off'.

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Wheat on a chessboard pt 2
If a chessboard were to have wheat placed upon each square such that x grains were placed on the first square and each successiv...

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Wheat on a chessboard pt 2
If a chessboard were to have wheat placed upon each square such that x grains were placed on the first square and each successiv...

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Wheat on a chessboard pt 1
If a chessboard were to have wheat placed upon each square such that one grain were placed on the first square and each successi...

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Wheat on a chessboard pt 1
If a chessboard were to have wheat placed upon each square such that one grain were placed on the first square and each successi...

8 years ago | 0 | 109 solvers

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Fibonacci sequence
Calculate the nth Fibonacci number. Given n, return f where f = fib(n) and f(1) = 1, f(2) = 1, f(3) = 2, ... Examples: Inpu...

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Determine whether a vector is monotonically increasing
Return true if the elements of the input vector increase monotonically (i.e. each element is larger than the previous). Return f...

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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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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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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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Weighted average
Given two lists of numbers, determine the weighted average. Example [1 2 3] and [10 15 20] should result in 33.333...

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Sum the Digits of a Number
Given an integer, sum the digits repeatedly until you end up with a single value less than 10. For example, if you add the di...

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Summing digits
Given n, find the sum of the digits that make up 2^n. Example: Input n = 7 Output b = 11 since 2^7 = 128, and 1 + ...

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Create times-tables
At one time or another, we all had to memorize boring times tables. 5 times 5 is 25. 5 times 6 is 30. 12 times 12 is way more th...

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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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Find max
Find the maximum value of a given vector or matrix.

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