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Draw 'H'
Draw a x-by-x matrix 'H' using 1 and 0. (x is odd and bigger than 2) Example: x=5 ans= [1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 ...

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Draw 'C'.
Given x as input, generate a x-by-x matrix 'C' using 0 and 1. example: x=4 ans= [0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 ...

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Draw 'F'
Draw a x-by-x matrix 'F' using 1 and 0. (x is odd and bigger than 4) Example: x=5 ans= [1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 ...

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Draw 'J'
Given n as input, generate a n-by-n matrix 'J' using 0 and 1 . Example: n=5 ans= [0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ...

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Simple polynomial evaluation
Compute the value of a polynomial of degree n with all coefficients '1', at value x. n is always n>=0. p(x)=1+x+x^2+...+x^n...

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Draw a 'N'!
Given n as input, generate a n-by-n matrix 'N' using 0 and 1 . Example: n=5 ans= [1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 ...

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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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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 (see Wikipedia: <http://...

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Pattern Sum
Write a function which receives two single digit positive integers, (k and m) as parameters and calculates the total sum as: k...

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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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Given a matrix, swap the 2nd & 3rd columns
If a = [1 2 3 4; 1 2 3 4; 1 2 3 4; 1 2 3 4]; then the result is ans = 1 3 2 4 1 3 2...

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matrix zigzag
Unfold a 2-D matrix to a 1-D array in zig-zag order, e.g., for matrix [ 1 2 3 ; 4 5 6 ; 7 8 9 ] the resulting 1-...

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Return the largest number that is adjacent to a zero
This example comes from Steve Eddins' blog: <http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2009/05/27/learning-lessons-from-a-one-liner/ Lear...

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Get the area codes from a list of phone numbers
Given a string of text with phone numbers in it, return a unique'd cell array of strings that are the area codes. s = '508-6...

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Find state names that end with the letter A
Given a list of US states, remove all the states that end with the letter A. Example: Input s1 = 'Alabama Montana Nebras...

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Find the two-word state names
Given a list of states, remove all the states that have two-word names. If s1 = 'Alabama Montana North Carolina Vermont N...

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Find state names that start with the letter N
Given a list of US states, remove all the states that start with the letter N. If s1 = 'Alabama Montana Nebraska Vermont Ne...

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Triangle Numbers (★★)
(copy of problem 5) Triangle numbers are the sums of successive integers. So 6 is a triangle number because 6 = 1 + 2 + 3...

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Connect Four Win Checker
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connect_Four Connect Four> is a game where you try to get four pieces in a row. For this problem, ...

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Longest Divisor Run
Given the vector a, find the longest run of consecutive numbers that can be evenly divided by the same number d where d > 1. ...

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Remove the polynomials that have positive real elements of their roots.
The characteristic equation for a dynamic system is a polynomial whose roots indicate its behavior. If any of the <http://www.ma...

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DNA N-Gram Distribution
Given a string s and a number n, find the most frequently occurring n-gram in the string, where the n-grams can begin at any poi...

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It dseon't mettar waht oedrr the lrettes in a wrod are.
An internet meme from 2003 (read more <http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp here>) asserted that readers are re...

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Find the palindrome
Given the string a, find the longest palindromic sub-string b. So when a = 'xkayakyy'; you should return b = 'kayak';

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Counting in Finnish
Sort a vector of single digit whole numbers alphabetically by their name, in Finnish. See the Wikipedia page for <http://en.wik...

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Implement a ROT13 cipher
Replace each character in string s1 with the character that is shifted 13 positions from it (wrap back to the beginning if neces...

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Clean the List of Names
Given a list of names in a cell array, remove any duplications that result from different capitalizations of the same string. So...

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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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Replace NaNs with the number that appears to its left in the row.
Replace NaNs with the number that appears to its left in the row. If there are more than one consecutive NaNs, they should all ...

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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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