Problem 424. Snakes on a plane

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Given the dimensions of a 2-d plane, create a matrix where a "snake" of ones occupies the plane from top left to bottom right.

Example:

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

for m=7, n=10 the m will always be odd and >5 n will be >3

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AMITAVA BISWAS on 7 Mar 2012

Please show me the unique full size snake in your example, several small snakes of 1s looked at me.

AMITAVA BISWAS on 9 Mar 2012

Now saw the snake, thanks.

James on 15 Mar 2012

You need to change the function name to "your_fcn_name" instead of the default "plane" to get it to work with the test suite.

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Stephen on 29 Feb 2012

yeah, it depends on what your motivation is. If you want a low complexity, the puzzle is to match the test cases efficiently, but if you want low complexity and want to answer the problem, it adds a degree of difficulty. good solutions either way.

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"snake-y" patterns silly

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