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Find best domino orientation
Given a list of pairs, find the orientation they should be placed in a line, such that the sum of the absolute values of the dif...

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Choose the best fitting dominoes
You will be given a cell array of nx2 matrices. Choose one row from each matrix. These are the ordered pairs that will be plac...

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Find best placement for ordered dominoes (harder)
Given a list of ordered pairs, find the order they should be placed in a line, such that the sum of the absolute values of the d...

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Rotate and display numbered tile
Imagine a square tile with four numbers on it, one on each edge. We will call these edges north, east, south, and west. If th...

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Least common multiple of many numbers
1:6 -> 60

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Let's see how peculiar we can get
The task is to multiply two numbers. But do it in the most peculiar possible way.

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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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Detect a number and replace with two NaN's
Write code which replaces the number 1 with two NaNs. Example X = [ 1 2 NaN 4 1 3 7 NaN 1 4 NaN 2] ...

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Fahrenheit to Celsius converter
Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius degrees.

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Determine the length of a string of characters
Determine the length of a string of characters

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Mechanical Advantage of a Gear Train
Calculate the mechanical advantage of a gear train. The mechanical advantage of a gear couple is given by MA = T_o/T_i where ...

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Largest Prime Number
Given a matrix X, find the largest prime number in X.

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Find perfect placement of non-rotating dominoes (easier)
Given a list of ordered pairs, find the order they should be placed in a line, such that the sum of the absolute values of the d...

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Find the biggest empty box
You are given a matrix that contains only ones and zeros. Think of the ones as columns in an otherwise empty floor plan. You wan...

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Spot the outlier
All points except for one lie on a line. Which one is the outlier? Example: You are given a list of x-y pairs in a column ...

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Remove the air bubbles
Given a matrix a, return a matrix b in which all the zeros have "bubbled" to the top. That is, any zeros in a given column shoul...

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Make a run-length companion vector
Given a vector x, return a vector r that indicates the run length of any value in x. Each element in r shows how many times the ...

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Cannon Ball
Given g (acceleration due to gravity) and desired altitude x, find the minimum ground velocity of a cannon ball to reach x.

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Back to basics 19 - character types
Covering some basic topics I haven't seen elsewhere on Cody. Return the number of punctuation characters in the input variabl...

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kmph to mps
convert kilometer per hour to meter per second

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Integer to boolean
Write a general function that will create the following conversation; Input is a column vector with integers Output is a b...

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Flag largest magnitude swings as they occur
You have a phenomenon that produces strictly positive or negative results. delta = [1 -3 4 2 -1 6 -2 -7]; Marching thr...

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Is My Wife Wrong?
Answer the question. (see also <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/149-is-my-wife-right Problem 149: Is my ...

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Split a given string from the first instance of a given character
A simple operation to split a given string into two substrings at the point where the desired character is first found. e.g. ...

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Count from 0 to N^M in base N.
Return an array of numbers which (effectively) count from 0 to N^M-1 in base N. The result should be returned in a matrix, with ...

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Lose control
Remove all characters that are below space in ASCII value.

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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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middleAsColumn: Return all but first and last element as a column vector
Given input A, return all but the first and last elements, arranged as a column vector. (I.e., all dimensions after the first s...

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Back to basics 16 - byte order
Covering some basic topics I haven't seen elsewhere on Cody. Switch the byte order of the input (i.e. if little-endian -> big...

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Sum the Digits of a Number
Given an integer, sum the digits repeatedly until you end up with a single value less than 10. For example, if you add the di...

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