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Omit columns averages from a matrix
Omit columns averages from a matrix. For example: A = 16 2 3 13 5 11 10 8 9 7 ...

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De-dupe
Remove all the redundant elements in a vector, but keep the first occurrence of each value in its original location. So if a =...

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Distance walked 1D
Suppose you go from position 7 to 10 to 6 to 4. Then you have walked 9 units of distance, since 7 to 10 is 3 units, 10 to 6 is 4...

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Elapsed Time
Given two date strings d1 and d2 of the form yyyy/mm/dd HH:MM:SS (assume hours HH is in 24 hour mode), determine how much time, ...

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The Goldbach Conjecture, Part 2
The <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldbach's_conjecture Goldbach conjecture> asserts that every even integer greater than 2 can ...

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Indexed Probability Table
This question was inspired by a Stack Overflow question forwarded to me by Matt Simoneau. Given a vector x, make an indexed pro...

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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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Minefield Sonar
*Background* In mine-hunting games (e.g. Microsoft Minesweeper), the user is provided with a covered grid that, upon a left c...

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

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Roll the Dice!
*Description* Return two random integers between 1 and 6, inclusive, to simulate rolling 2 dice. *Example* [x1,x2] =...

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Double Deal
*Description* Given an input vector _v_, return the first element as the first output, the second element as the second outpu...

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Reverse Run-Length Encoder
Given a "counting sequence" vector x, construct the original sequence y. A counting sequence is formed by "counting" the entrie...

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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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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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Given an unsigned integer x, find the largest y by rearranging the bits in x
Given an unsigned integer x, find the largest y by rearranging the bits in x. Example: Input x = 10 Output y is 12 ...

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Is my wife right?
Regardless of input, output the string 'yes'.

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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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Magic!
Check whether the input matrix is a normal magic square: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_square> Output the logical va...

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Encode Roman Numerals
Create a function taking a non-negative integer as its parameter and returning a string containing the Roman Numeral representat...

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Pizza!
Given a circular pizza with radius _z_ and thickness _a_, return the pizza's volume. [ _z_ is first input argument.] Non-scor...

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give nth decimal place of pi
max 15th place after the decimal point is ok for now

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Distance walked 2D
Suppose you go from x-y coordinates [3,4] to [0,0] to [0,1] to [1,1], then you walked 7 units of distance.

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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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Right and wrong
Given a vector of lengths [a b c], determines whether a triangle with those sides lengths is a right triangle: <http://en.wikipe...

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Wilf-Zeilberger pairs
Take as inputs two functions _F_ and _G_, and two scalar values _n_ and _k_. Test whether the functions are candidates to be a W...

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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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