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Test for balanced parentheses
Given the input inStr, give the boolean output out indicating whether all the parentheses are balanced. Examples: * If ...

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2 b | ~ 2 b
Given a string input, output true if there are 2 b's in it, false if otherwise Examples: 'Macbeth' -> false 'Publius Cor...

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Create a function handle that reverses the input arguments of another function handle
Given a function that takes two input arguments and returns one output, create another function handle that performs the same op...

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Right and wrong
Given a vector of lengths [a b c], determines whether a triangle with those sides lengths is a right triangle: <http://en.wikipe...

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Maintain shape of logical-index mask
When using logical indexing into an array, MATLAB returns a vector output. For example, if A = magic(3); mask = logi...

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Maintain shape of logical-index mask
When using logical indexing into an array, MATLAB returns a vector output. For example, if A = magic(3); mask = logi...

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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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Triangle Numbers Below N
This is an offshoot of <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/5-triangle-numbers Cody Problem 5: Triangle Numbers...

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No Twins?
Write a function that accepts as input a vector and returns the same vector, but retaining only the first occurrence of an eleme...

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Find the sum of the elements in the "second" diagonal
Find the sum of the elements in the diagonal that starts at the top-right corner and ends at the bottom-left corner.

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Geometric series
Find the sum, given the first term t1, the common ratio r, and number of terms n. Examples If input t1=1, r=1, n=7 the...

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Convert Hard Drive marketing sizes to actual data sizes
Hard drive sizes are typically marketed using the decimal meaning of prefixes, whereas RAM uses binary meanings. For example: ...

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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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Better bullseye matrix
<http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/18-bullseye-matrix Problem 18> asks to create a bullseye matrix like this:...

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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 small words from a list of words.
Your job is to tidy up a list of words that appear in a string. The words are separated by one or more spaces. Remove all words ...

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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 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 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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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 the peak 3n+1 sequence value
A Collatz sequence is the sequence where, for a given number n, the next number in the sequence is either n/2 if the number is e...

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Function Iterator
Given a handle fh to a function which takes a scalar input and returns a scalar output and an integer n >= 1, return a handle f...

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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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Bottles of beer
Given an input number representing the number of bottles of beer on the wall, output how many are left if you take one down and ...

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Remove NaN ?
input -> matrix (n*m) with at least one element equal to NaN; output -> matrix(p*m), the same matrix where we deleted the enti...

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collision
several cars (n) were involved in this collision, the input matrix (vm) has n rows and two columns, first column for velocity an...

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Make one big string out of two smaller strings
If you have two small strings, like 'a' and 'b', return them put together like 'ab'. 'a' and 'b' => 'ab' For extra ...

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N-Cards Problem
You have a deck of _N_ cards numbered in order from 1 to _N_. You discard the top card (card 1) and place the next card (card 2)...

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Swap the input arguments
Write a two-input, two-output function that swaps its two input arguments. For example: [q,r] = swap(5,10) returns q = ...

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Alphabetize by last name
Given a list of names in a cell array, sort the list by the last name. So if list = {'Barney Google','Snuffy Smith','Dagwood ...

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