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random picture with random colours
write a function which creates a random(x,y) matrix with random RGB colours for example create_pic(5,5) gives us a 3d matrix. ...

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Summing Digits within Text
Given a string with text and digits, add all the numbers together. Examples: Input str = '4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a...

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Construct a string from letters and counts
Given two input arrays like this: [5,3,1] ['a','b','c'] Output a string that contains each letter the specified num...

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Distance walked 3D
suppose you go from x-y-z coordinates [3,4,2] to [0,0,2] to [0,1,2] to [1,1,2], to [1,1,20] then you walked 25 units of distance...

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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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Extract leading non-zero digit
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law Benford's Law> states that the distribution of leading digits is not random. This...

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Rosenbrock's Banana Function and its derivatives
Write a function to return the value of <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenbrock_function Rosenbrock's two-dimensional banana fu...

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Formatting currency numbers
Given a number, format it properly for textual display using the notation $xxx,xxx,xxx.xx. Assume that no more than two digits ...

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Create a dictionary
The goal is to write a function that returns a dictionary from a list of words or phrases and their definitions. Here is an exam...

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Drying sweater?
* A sweater is revolving in a slow low power dryer and losing moisture at any moment at the constant rate 100% of its current mo...

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Sort a list of complex numbers based on far they are from the origin.
Given a list of complex numbers z, return a list zSorted such that the numbers that are farthest from the origin (0+0i) appear f...

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speed vs size
The given string describes some MATLAB expressions such as 'pause(1)'. Compute its performance score = code size + run time in m...

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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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High school cafeteria
Given an input vector of positive integers, return a row vector with the primes first (in increasing order) and the composites n...

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Nearest Numbers
Given a row vector of numbers, find the indices of the two nearest numbers. Examples: [index1 index2] = nearestNumbers([2 5 3...

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Duplicates
Write a function that accepts a cell array of strings and returns another cell array of strings *with only the duplicates* retai...

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Number of 1s in the Binary Representation of a Number
*Description* Return the number of 1s in the (unsigned integer) binary representation of a number. This function should be ab...

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Which doors are open?
There are n doors in an alley. Initially they are all shut. You have been tasked to go down the alley n times, and open/shut the...

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First N Perfect Squares
*Description* Return the first N perfect squares *Example* input = 4; output = [ 1 4 9 16 ];

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Function Sniffer
* Given a string, * find out which built-in functions are present, * output a simple string, * that has sorted and unique ...

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Reverse the Words (not letters) of a String
*Description* Change the words of a string such that the words appear in reverse order. You may assume that the string is a n...

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Kaprekar numbers
Test if the input is a Kaprekar number: <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/KaprekarNumber.html>. Return a logical true or false. ...

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Sum of diagonal of a square matrix
If x = [1 2 4; 3 4 5; 5 6 7] then y should be the sum of the diagonals of the matrix y = 1 + 4 + 7 = 12

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Replace May with April
For instance, if the input is input_str = 'The flowers may bloom in April'; then the output is output_str = 'The flo...

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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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Test if a Number is a Palindrome without using any String Operations
*Description* Given an integer _X_, determine if it is a palindrome number. That is, _X_ is equal to the _X_ with the digits ...

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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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Covering area
As an extension of the problem <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/416-polygon-area>, find the area, bounded b...

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Pattern matching
Given a matrix, m-by-n, find all the rows that have the same "increase, decrease, or stay same" pattern going across the columns...

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Is this matrix orthogonal?
Given a square matrix, a, determine whether it is orthogonal. INPUT: a, a n x n matrix OUTPUT: true or false

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