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The almost-birthday problem.
This is a harder version of the birthday problem. Now, you will have to determine the probability that two or more people in a r...

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Given n, create n random numbers such that their standard deviation is also n.
Given n, create n random numbers such that their standard deviation is also n.

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Coin change combinations.
Using only pennies (1), nickels (5), dimes (10), quarters (25), half dollars (50), and dollars (100), how many different combina...

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Does the coin touch the line?
If we throw a coin that has a diameter of d, its center will land in a grid n x m. What is the probability that the coin land...

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Coin Tossing: Probability of Same Heads for N tosses
A pair of physicists toss a coin n times each. What is the probability that they tossed the same number of heads? *Input:*...

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Calculate the probability that at least two people in a group share the same birthday.
Calculate the probability that at least two people in a group share the same birthday. Given an integer input n, return to 0.015...

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The Birthday Phenomenon
First off, leap years are not being considered for this. In fact the year that people are born shouldn't be taken into considera...

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Number of divisors of a given number
Given a Number n, return the number of his divisors without listing them example: n=14 ; Divisors={1,7,2,14} ; y=4 n=...

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Number of even divisors of a given number
Given a Number n, return the number of its even divisors without listing them. example: n=14 ; EvenDivisors={2,14} ; y=2 ...

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Let's get back to school, and create multiplication tables
For a given range, create multiplication tables. (start is always < endno) Example start = 17 endno = 19 Then, ...

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Subtract integers and add doubles
Create a function that subtracts a from b if a and b are integers and adds them if they are floats.

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Sum the 'edge' values of a matrix
Sum the 'edge' values of an input matrix (the values along the perimeter). Example [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9] Output = ...

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modular arithmetic
Given three integers a,b and c, find the remainder when a^b is divided by c. Here, a^b will be well beyond the largest 64 bit in...

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Height of a right-angled triangle
Given numbers a, b and c, find the height of the right angled triangle with sides a and b and hypotenuse c, for the base c. If a...

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Natural numbers in string form
Create a cell array of strings containing the first n natural numbers. _Slightly_ harder than it seems like it should be. Ex...

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Fix the last element of a cell array
Note: this is lifted directly from <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/82825-puzzler-for-a-monday Puzzler for a Mond...

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String Array Basics, Part 1: Convert Cell Array to String Array; No Missing Values
<http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/characters-and-strings.html String array> and cell array are two types of containers for s...

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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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Remove element(s) from cell array
You can easily remove an element (or a column in any dimension) from a normal matrix, but assigning that value (or range) empty....

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Convert a Cell Array into an Array
Given a square cell array: x = {'01', '56'; '234', '789'}; return a single character array: y = '0123456789'

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Split a string into chunks of specified length
Given a string and a vector of integers, break the string into chunks whose lengths are given by the elements of the vector. Ex...

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Convert a numerical matrix into a cell array of strings
Given a numerical matrix, output a *cell array of string*. For example: if input = 1:3 output is {'1','2','3'} whic...

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Create a cell array out of a struct
Create a cell array out of a (single) struct with the fieldname in the first column and the value in the second column: in: ...

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Hard limit function
Classify x data as if x>=0 then y=1 if x<0 then y=0 Example x = [ -2 -1 0 1 2] y = [ 0 0 1 1 1]

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Create logical matrix with a specific row and column sums
Given two numbers *|n|* and *|s|*, build an |n-by-n| logical matrix (of only zeros and ones), such that both the row sums and th...

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Generate N equally spaced intervals between -L and L
Given N and L, return a list of numbers (in ascending order) that divides the interval [-L L] into N equal-length segments. F...

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Replicate elements in vectors
Replicate each element of a row vector (with NaN) a constant number of times. Examples n=2, A=[1 2 3] -> [1 1 2 2 3 3] ...

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Fill a zeros matrix
The aim is to fill an array of all zeros given a numerical value and the index of row and columns for this value. 3 Inputs: ...

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Set the array elements whose value is 13 to 0
Input A either an array or a vector (which can be empty) Output B will be the same size as A . All elements of A equal to 13...

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We love vectorized solutions. Problem 1 : remove the row average.
Given a 2-d matrix, remove the row average from each row. Your solution MUST be vectorized. The solution will be tested for ac...

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