Problem 1035. Generate a vector like 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4

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Dariusz on 23 Dec 2012

function ans = GenerateVector(n)
ans = 1;
for n = 2:n
ans = [ans n*ones(1, n)];
end

could sb explain me why this code is flagged a as a bad one ?? it works !! and another thign in problem definition it is not clearly stated that the solutions must be straight code without writing a function. I wrote a function and it works well to the definition of the problem. then I am getting incorrect information after submission. dear cody team: please write more specific requirements of the problem. you will miss many misunderstandings then.

Ned Gulley on 24 Dec 2012

Your function has to use exactly the same name that is provided in the function template. In this case, the function must be called "you_fcn_name". You wrote a function called "GenerateVector". Change the name of your function and it should pass.

goc3 on 18 Nov 2016

The test suite has been expanded.

Thibault Vlieghe on 23 Jun 2019

Good problem.

Is there any way to avoid the for loop? I really want to but I don't see how right now.

Ashish Kaushik on 25 Jun 2019

Good one! took some time but finally did it.

Simon on 1 Nov 2019

Can it be done without a for loop?

Andrea Gasparri on 19 Dec 2019

Good problem.

HINT:

use command "repelem"

Solution:

A=1:n
B=repelem(A,1:n)

Stefanos Charkoutsis on 8 Feb 2020

great problem. Interesting for beginners like me.

Gurrala V Krishna Reddy on 17 Apr 2020

can we do it without loops?

Jyothsna Chintala on 21 Apr 2020

good

Sanchit Singla on 19 Jun 2020

good problem

源樹上林 on 13 Aug 2020

good
one liner

Jose Dominguez Alfonseca on 12 Feb 2021

Incredibly fun problem!

Behzad Eydiyoon on 16 Sep 2021

Easy and funny

Haider Rizvi on 11 Nov 2021

Great and funny

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Charles Seitz on 1 May 2022 at 20:07

Actually easier than first thought and there may even be simpler solutions than i tried

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Alexis Guerrero Muñoz on 29 Nov 2021

You can help me whit this problem please!

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Josh Klueber on 16 Nov 2021

tricky

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Ravikiran Bidari on 28 Jul 2021

Looks tricky.. but easy one

Isabella Stellitano on 26 Oct 2021

GOOD

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Sean Brennan on 25 Jun 2021

Seems like all the "winning" solutions are using regexp to hide algorithm complexity. Really need a truer way to evaluate "best" solutions - for example classic "tic" "toc".

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john perkins on 4 May 2021

challenging nice!

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Victor Quezada on 28 May 2020

The suggestion leads to wrong answers because of "ans".

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Neil Sommerville on 31 Jan 2020

It would be nice to know how the leading solution was do to be so small.

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Ashish Khulbey on 27 Jul 2019

My solution size is at least 6 times than the leading solution. I would like to be enlightened...

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Chris Breshike on 21 Jun 2019

what's wrong with my answer? it gives exactly the right answer just not in []
also the test suite says it gives you x but when you use x in the function it doesn't recognize x you have to use n

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Jason Casey on 7 Mar 2019

Great problem

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Shuvo Kumar Paul on 30 Jul 2020

Brilliant solution without using loops.

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Nguyen Trung on 17 Mar 2022

damm so smart bro

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Jonathan on 22 Nov 2013

Funny, I just tested you SO post too, and it has 2 nodes lest without the assignment to ans. I don't get this yet...

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Stefano sala on 19 Apr 2020

neat and elegant.
didn't even known about Henkel's matrix

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Dariusz on 30 Nov 2012

could sb please explain me politely why this code has been rated as an incorrect one ? if you paste this in m-file it works !!!

Peng Liu on 26 Mar 2015

Function name should be your_fcn_name

Jyothsna Chintala on 21 Apr 2020

good

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