Problem 1058. Subtract two positive numbers

Created by Amin Bashi

Solve Later

{"relationships":[{"relationshipType":"http://schemas.mathworks.com/matlab/code/2013/relationships/document","relationshipId":"rId1","target":"/matlab/document.xml"},{"relationshipType":"http://schemas.mathworks.com/matlab/code/2013/relationships/output","relationshipId":"rId2","target":"/matlab/output.xml"}],"parts":[{"partUri":"/matlab/document.xml","relationship":[],"contentType":"application/vnd.mathworks.matlab.code.document+xml","content":"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><w:document xmlns:w=\"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main\"><w:body><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>Given a and b as a string, return b-a without using string to number conversion functions. a and b must to be a same size and b > a.</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>a = '0125'</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>b = '1125'</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>y = 1000</w:t></w:r></w:p></w:body></w:document>"},{"partUri":"/matlab/output.xml","contentType":"text/xml","content":"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\" ?><embeddedOutputs><metaData><evaluationState>manual</evaluationState><layoutState>code</layoutState><outputStatus>ready</outputStatus></metaData><outputArray type=\"array\"/><regionArray type=\"array\"/></embeddedOutputs>"}]}

Solve

Solution Stats

284 Solutions
81 Solvers

Last Solution submitted on Oct 15, 2020

Last 200 Solutions

Problem Comments

2 Comments

2 Comments

Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 28 Nov 2012

The test suite is too simple.

Amin Bashi on 2 Dec 2012

updated.

Problem Recent Solvers81

Problem Tags

matrix strings

Community Treasure Hunt

Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!

Start Hunting!

Problem 1058. Subtract two positive numbers

Solution Stats

Last 200 Solutions

Problem Comments

Problem Recent Solvers81

Suggested Problems

More from this Author1

Problem Tags

Community Treasure Hunt

Problem 1058. Subtract two positive numbers

Solution Stats

Last 200 Solutions

Problem Comments

Problem Recent Solvers81

Suggested Problems

More from this Author1

Problem Tags

Community Treasure Hunt

Players