Problem 70. Alphabetize by last name

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Swapnali Gujar on 11 Mar 2014

looks like there is problem with the 2nd test case result. The 'Cleve Molar' is shifted by 1 space in the ans

Wei-Rong Chen on 7 Apr 2015

This problem can be trickier if the input can allow different styles of name representation, e.g., 'FirstName LastName' and 'LastName, FirstName'.

Sanzhar Askaruly on 7 Jul 2019

be careful with 'John F. Kennedy' case..

Banister on 28 Jul 2019

The change in output format was a pain !

Bryan Lambo on 20 Dec 2019

This blew my mind. Finally got it.

Ahmed Nazir on 30 Sep 2020

Be careful with output format...

if length(alpha_list) > 5
alpha_list = alpha_list';
end

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Sanzhar Askaruly on 7 Jul 2019

Just don't get it. In the first test case, answer is 1xN and in the second Nx1, so I just put workaround. If anyone could explain to me why this matters...

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Luna on 24 Jan 2019

Size 42. How it calculates the size?

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SJ Won on 3 Jul 2019

Could you explain this code please?

James on 3 Jul 2019

It's a cheat, generally used by people who can't figure out how to solve a problem with a real answer.

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A C on 2 Sep 2018

What is wrong with test 2? It looks the same as my output.

CHUANQIANG ZHANG on 29 Apr 2019

I initially also found that strange. But later I found out the cell structure is different. N by 1 OR 1 by N problem.

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Mso on 27 Aug 2018

You cheater

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Bhaskar R on 10 Aug 2018

Task is done but Test suite is not dynamic

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auto2060 on 20 Oct 2016

My crazy answer....

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Serhii Tetora on 21 Jan 2019

How?

bin liu on 21 May 2020

???

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MDK on 20 Dec 2014

Is there a bug in the Test Suite ? I made a code that resulted in the exact ideal answer but the Test has failed!?

Adam Becker on 19 May 2019

I experienced the same thing...was able to generate the output exactly but received a failing score. Did you solve your issue?

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Jan on 2 Feb 2012

http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/

David Verrelli on 10 Mar 2018

Some alternative situations are presented in Problem 44538
( www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/44538 ) and Problem 44541 ( https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/44541 ).

CHUANQIANG ZHANG on 29 Apr 2019

Simillar solutions are really cool and concise.

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