Problem 45172. Cross ("+") flag returns

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<div style = "text-align: start; line-height: 20px; min-height: 0px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, monospace; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; white-space: normal; "><div style="display: block; min-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; transform-origin: 332px 157px; vertical-align: baseline; perspective-origin: 332px 157px; "><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 309px 21px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 309px 21px; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="">Given two odd numbers, [m, n], return a matrix of size m x n which has all elements of the centre column and centre row set as 1, and all other elements in the matrix set as 0.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 309px 21px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 309px 21px; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="">Given two even numbers, [p, q], return a matrix of size p x q which has the centre band of</span></span><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style=""> </span></span><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">two</span></span><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style=""> numbers set as 1. However, there must be at least four zeros on the outer corners of the matrix.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 309px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 309px 10.5px; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="">For example, [m, n] = [3, 3] would return:</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 10px; transform-origin: 329px 30px; perspective-origin: 329px 30px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 3px; "><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 18px; padding-left: 4px; transform-origin: 329px 10px; white-space: nowrap; perspective-origin: 329px 10px; "><span style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 45px; min-height: 0px; padding-left: 0px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 0px 0px; white-space: pre; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-right: 0px; ">[0,1,0;</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 18px; padding-left: 4px; transform-origin: 329px 10px; white-space: nowrap; perspective-origin: 329px 10px; "><span style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 45px; min-height: 0px; padding-left: 0px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 0px 0px; white-space: pre; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-right: 0px; ">1,1,1;</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 18px; padding-left: 4px; transform-origin: 329px 10px; white-space: nowrap; perspective-origin: 329px 10px; "><span style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 45px; min-height: 0px; padding-left: 0px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 0px 0px; white-space: pre; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-right: 0px; ">0,1,0];</span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 309px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 309px 10.5px; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="">And for even numbers: [p, q] = [4, 3] would return</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 10px; transform-origin: 329px 40px; perspective-origin: 329px 40px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 3px; "><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 18px; padding-left: 4px; transform-origin: 329px 10px; white-space: nowrap; perspective-origin: 329px 10px; "><span style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 45px; min-height: 0px; padding-left: 0px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 0px 0px; white-space: pre; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-right: 0px; ">[0,1,0;</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 18px; padding-left: 4px; transform-origin: 329px 10px; white-space: nowrap; perspective-origin: 329px 10px; "><span style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 45px; min-height: 0px; padding-left: 0px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 0px 0px; white-space: pre; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-right: 0px; ">1,1,1;</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 18px; padding-left: 4px; transform-origin: 329px 10px; white-space: nowrap; perspective-origin: 329px 10px; "><span style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 45px; min-height: 0px; padding-left: 0px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 0px 0px; white-space: pre; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-right: 0px; ">1,1,1;</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 18px; padding-left: 4px; transform-origin: 329px 10px; white-space: nowrap; perspective-origin: 329px 10px; "><span style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 45px; min-height: 0px; padding-left: 0px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 0px 0px; white-space: pre; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-right: 0px; ">0,1,0];</span></span></div></div></div></div>

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William on 14 Oct 2019

It seems to me that the result for [m,n]=[4,4] is incorrect.

Rafael S.T. Vieira on 12 Aug 2020

Yes it is, William. It should be the 2x2 case (instead of 4x4), which should be all zeros.

goc3 on 29 Sep 2020

The test suite has been updated.

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