Problem 1971. Remove element(s) from cell array

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Matthias Saurer on 10 Jul 2020 at 1:27

you should also add a test suit where the individual elements are not increasing monotonously, e.g. x={9,4,5,8,3,1,6,4}

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Matthias Saurer on 9 Jul 2020 at 23:57

that was a nice one :))

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