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root?
* Given a function 'foo', and a position 'there', find the root near 'there'. * For example: If foo=@sin, and there=3.1, then r...

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newRMS
find root mean square of a signal x in less time than the test code and accurate to six places.

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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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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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Return elements unique to either input
Given two numeric inputs a and b, return a row vector that contains the numbers found in only a or only b, but not both. For ex...

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Is the Point in a Circle?
Check whether a point or multiple points is/are in a circle centered at point (x0, y0) with radius r. Points = [x, y]; c...

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Find number of days
The input is two date in string format (dd-mm-yyyy) find out the number of days between these two dates. Example: input: ...

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Einsteinium-253 decay
Radioactive Einsteinium-253 has a half-life of 1,768,608 seconds. Given 1000mg of Einsteinium-253 at t=0 days, how much is lef...

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Convert from Base 10 to base 5
Convert the input number from base 10 into base 5: for example: if a(in base 10)= 5 then a(in base 5)= 10

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Cody Computer Part 2 - Get the license number of Cody Computer
In the Cody computer investigation party, you may have already solved : <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems...

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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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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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Similar Triangles - find the height of the tree
Given the height, h1, of a power pole, shorter than a tree, a given distance, x2 away, please find h2, height of the tree. Pleas...

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Remove white space from the string
Remove the white spaces (trailing and leading) from the input variable

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

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Function composition - harder
Write a function that accepts an arbitrary number of function handles f_1, f_2, ..., f_n and returns the composition h. That is,...

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Column norms of a matrix
Given a matrix M, return a vector y such that for each k y(k)=norm(M(:,k)) (y(k) is the Euclidean norm of the k-th col...

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Sort numbers by outside digits
Sort the array so that they are sorted as if their value was a 5 digit number made from the first three and last two digits of t...

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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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Remove the two elements next to NaN value
The aim is to *remove the two elements next to NaN values* inside a vector. For example: x = [6 10 5 8 9 NaN 23 9 7 3 21 ...

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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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Eight Queens Solution Checker
Write a function to verify whether an arrangement of queens on a chessboard is a valid solution to the classic <http://en.wikipe...

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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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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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Trickier Timing
You solution should return control to main program only when the current time ends in either a 5 or 0 (e.g. the current seconds ...

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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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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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7 segment LED display
Given a whole number, output how many segments would be lit up to display it on a 7 segment LED display (http://en.wikipedia.org...

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What is the distance from point P(x,y) to the line Ax + By + C = 0?
Given a point, P(x,y), find the distance from this point to a linear line. INPUTS: x, y, A, B, C OUTPUTS: d, the distance ...

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peta to nano (x-ray)
for certain x-ray radiation, given frequency in petahertz, give wavelength in nanometer, must be accurate +/- 25%

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