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Fizz Buzz
Given an array of positive, non-zero, integers, return a cell array of strings the same size as the input, where each element in...

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surrounded matrix
With a given matrix A (size m x n) create a matrix B (size m+2 x n+2) so that the matrix A is surrounded by ones: A = [1 2 ...

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Volume of this donut
Given hole diameter a, and outermost diameter b, determine the volume y of the resulting donut.

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Function composition
Write a function that accepts two function handles f and g and returns the composition h. That is, h = (f o g)(x) = f(g(x)) ...

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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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Circumscribed circles
Given the lengths of the 3 sides of a triangle, output the radius of the circumscribed circle. Example: [3 4 5] -> 2.5

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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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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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Sum of first n terms of a harmonic progression
Given inputs a, d and n, return the sum of the first n terms of the harmonic progression a, a/(1+d), a/(1+2d), a/(1+3d),....

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Number of toolboxes?
Return a number equal to the number of toolboxes available to the Cody solvers.

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Angle of triangle
For three unknown points a b c, given three sides ab bc ca, find three angles abc bca cab in radians. Your function should b...

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Back to basics 2 - Function Path
Covering some basic topics I haven't seen elsewhere on Cody. Given a string that is the name of a MATLAB function, return a s...

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Figurate number triangle
Check whether the input matrix is a figurate number triangle: <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FigurateNumberTriangle.html>

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Solve the set of simultaneous linear equations
Given this pair of simultaneous linear equations: 2x + 3y = 23 3x + 4y = 32 Find the solution set (x,y)

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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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Set defaults
Write a function that computes the volume of a cube. The function should be able to accept three inputs: the length, width, and...

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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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Find the "ordinary" or Euclidean distance between A and Z
A, B and Z define three points in the 3D _Euclidean_ space of the form: A = [x1;y1;0]; B = [x2;y2;0]; Z = [x2;y2;z]; Find th...

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Are you in or are you out?
Given vertices specified by the vectors xv and yv, and a single point specified by the numbers X and Y, return "true" if the poi...

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Tune your guitar
Given an input string with the scientific pitch notation for standard tuning ( <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_tunings#Stan...

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Find the largest value in the 3D matrix
Given a 3D matrix, A, find the largest value. E.g. >> A = 1:9; >> A=reshape(A,[3 1 3]); >> islargest(A) ans = 9

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Number of Circles in a Number
Given a number, return the number of closed 'circles' in the base 10 numerical representation. Note: the number 4 has no circ...

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Tricky timing
Write a function that takes between 0.5 seconds and 0.6 seconds to run.

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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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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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Number of 1s in a binary string
Find the number of 1s in the given binary string. Example. If the input string is '1100101', the output is 4. If the input stri...

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Project Euler: Problem 8, Find largest product in a large string of numbers
Find the greatest product of five consecutive digits in an n-digit number. 73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934...

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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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Determine if a Given Number is a Triangle Number
*Description:* Determine if the elements of an input array are triangle numbers and return the result as an array with the sa...

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Read a Soroban Abacus
*Description* The Soroban is the name of the modern Japanese abacus. Information on reading a Soroban can be found <http://we...

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