Robert

UT Chattanooga

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Pizza value using expression with parentheses
Pizza prices are typically listed by diameter, rather than the more relevant feature of area. Compute a pizza's value (cost per ...

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Create a row array using double colon operator
Create a row array from 9 to 1, using the double colon operator.

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Circle area using pi
Given a circle's radius, compute the circle's area. Use the built-in mathematical constant pi.

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Simple equation: Annual salary
Given an hourly wage, compute an annual salary by multiplying the wage times 40 and times 50, because salary = wage x 40 hours/w...

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Who is the smartest MATLAB programmer?
Who is the smartest MATLAB programmer? Examples: Input x = 'Is it Obama?' Output = 'Me!' Input x = 'Who ?' Ou...

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Will there be a new leader?
Simply answer the title.

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Wheat on a chessboard pt 1
If a chessboard were to have wheat placed upon each square such that one grain were placed on the first square and each successi...

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matrix of natural number
Given a number n, create an n-by-n matrix in which the integers from 1 to n^2 resides seially as shown in the examples below. ...

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Return 'on' or 'off'
When the input is true, return 'on', otherwise, return 'off'.

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Possible Outcomes of American Roulette
The payout for American roulette can be calculated by: payout = (38/n)-1 where n is the number of squares the bet covers. ...

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Go-style solver
Consider a variation of the game Go where one player has gone ahead and placed several pieces all at once. Assuming that the sec...

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Go-style solver
Consider a variation of the game Go where one player has gone ahead and placed several pieces all at once. Assuming that the sec...

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Find out missing number from a vector of 9 elements
You are given a vector of size 9, x = [x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9] Elements of x may be randomly selected without repeati...

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sum of non-primes
The sum of the non-primes below 10 is 1+4+6+8+9+10=38 Find the sum of all the non-primes below the input, N.

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Next Lower Power of B
Given a number _n_ and a base _B_ greater than 1, return the lowest integer power of _B_ that is less than or equal to _n_. E...

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Next Higher Power of B
|Given a number _n_ and a base _B_ greater than 1, return the lowest integer power of _B_ that is greater than or equal to _n_. ...

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The Dark Side of the Die
It is well-known that opposite sides of a classic hexahedral die add to 7. Given a vector of dice rolls, calculate the sum of th...

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Magic is simple (for beginners)
Determine for a magic square of order n, the magic sum m. For example m=15 for a magic square of order 3.

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Make a 1 hot vector
Make a vector of length _N_ that consists of all zeros except at index _k_, where it has the value 1. Example: Input ...

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Elapsed time is -0.005204 seconds.
Write a function that takes less than zero seconds to execute, as measured using tic and toc. For repeatability, the test case p...

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Create a Multiplication table matrix...
Create a product table in this format: P = [ 1 2 3 4 5; 2 4 6 8 10; 3 6 9 12 15; 4 8 12 1...

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Add two numbers
Calculate the sum of two numbers. Example input = [2 3] output = 5

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Global usage
This Challenge is to utilize Global variables. Global variables are risky as the subroutine may inadvertently and unwantingly...

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Cell Counting: How Many Draws?
You are given a cell array containing information about a number of soccer games. Each cell contains one of the following: * ...

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Generate a vector like 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4
Generate a vector like 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4 So if n = 3, then return [1 2 2 3 3 3] And if n = 5, then return [1 2 2...

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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 (http://en.wikipedia.org...

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Determine if input is a Narcissistic number
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_number Narcissistic number> is a number that is the sum of its own digits each raised...

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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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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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Find number of days
The input is two date in string format (dd-mm-yyyy) find out the number of days between these two dates. Example: input: ...

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