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How long is the longest prime diagonal?
Stanislaw Ulam once observed that if the counting numbers are <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam_spiral arranged in a spiral>, t...

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How many trades represent all the profit?
Given a list of results from trades made: [1 3 -4 2 -1 2 3] We can add them up to see this series of trades made a profit ...

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Greed is good - Simple partition P[n].
Find a simple partition P[n]. E.g. P[10] = 4 + 3 + 2 + 1. # There are many solutions, compute just one set. # Don't repeat ...

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Given a window, how many subsets of a vector sum positive
Given a vector: [1 0 -1 3 2 -3 1] and a window of 2, A sliding window would find: 1 + 0 = 1 0 - 1 = -1 ...

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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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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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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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magic solver
Create a function that returns _true_ and has a cody <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/256-return-the-size-o...

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yet another flying fly (YAFF)
Same as the previous problem <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/203-fly-fly-away fly fly away> but now with *...

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fly fly away
A fly moves following a predefined sequence of discrete jumps (defined by the vectors _dx_ and _dy_) repeating the same sequence...

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the fly, the train, the second train, and their Zeno's paradox
*You have heard this one*: A train leaves station _A_ and travels with constant velocity _v1_. A second train leaves station _B_...

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Implement simple rotation cypher
If given a letter from the set: [abc...xyz] and a shift, implement a shift cypher. Example: 'abc' with a shi...

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TRON challenge
Create a solver for the classic arcade TRON game <<http://www.alfnie.com/software/figtron.png>> *Description* Your func...

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Return the 'Size' of a String of Code
One of the most 'mysterious' parts of playing Cody is the sizing system. Given a string of commands, return the size that Cody w...

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Column norms of a matrix
Given a matrix M, return a vector y such that for each k y(k)=norm(M(:,k)) (y(k) is the Euclidean norm of the k-th col...

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Cody Computer Part 2 - Get the license number of Cody Computer
In the Cody computer investigation party, you may have already solved : <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems...

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Cody Computer Part 1 - Guess the system font used by uipanel
list = listfonts return the list of available system fonts. Can you guess which font is used for uipanel on the CODY computer...

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Infernal Recursion
Consider the recursion relation: x_n = (x_(n-1)*x_(n-2))^k Given x_1, x_2, and k, x_n can be found by this definition. Wr...

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Is X a Fibonacci Matrix?
In honor of Cleve's new blog and post: <http://blogs.mathworks.com/cleve/2012/06/03/fibonacci-matrices/> Is X a Fibonacci ...

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Poker Series 11: selectBestHand
The Poker Series consists of many short, well defined functions that when combined will lead to complex behavior. Our goal is t...

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Wrapping the Tower of Pisa
The famous artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, who likes pizza, wants to wrap the well-known Italian tower in paper. It is a ci...

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Poker Series 10: bestHand
The Poker Series consists of many short, well defined functions that when combined will lead to complex behavior. Our goal is t...

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Poker Series 08: IsPair
The Poker Series consists of many short, well defined functions that when combined will lead to complex behavior. Our goal is t...

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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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Tune your guitar
Given an input string with the scientific pitch notation for standard tuning ( <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_tunings#Stan...

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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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Find the peak 3n+1 sequence value
A Collatz sequence is the sequence where, for a given number n, the next number in the sequence is either n/2 if the number is e...

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Determine if a Given Number is a Triangle Number
*Description:* Determine if the elements of an input array are triangle numbers and return the result as an array with the sa...

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Triangle Numbers Below N
This is an offshoot of <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/5-triangle-numbers Cody Problem 5: Triangle Numbers...

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Symmetric matrix
You must create a n-by-n *symmetric* matrix such that A(row,col) = row/col for col >= row. Example if n =3 : output is : ...

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