Problem 792. Set some matrix elements to zero

Created by Aurelien Queffurust

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David Verrelli on 4 Feb 2018

Hack.

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David Verrelli on 4 Feb 2018

"regexp" hack.

ASHOK MALLAGUNTA on 9 Nov 2018

please check this code
problem : right angle or not
function flag = isrightangle(a,b,c)
if (c^2 == (b^2+a^2))
flag ='true'
else
flag = 'false'
end
end

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Christopher on 27 Jun 2012

Problem specification says nothing about more than one value in a row equaling the row max. Cases 5 or 6 should be included in the specification.

Aurelien Queffurust on 27 Jun 2012

Thanks for the comment . I have just updated the description.

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