Problem 44102. Stop a ZigZag scanning N*N Matrix at any diag you want

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yurenchu on 25 Apr 2017

I'd suggest adding test cases in which n (or abs(n)) is larger than the dimension of x; for example, x is a 4-by-4 matrix and n = 6.

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bainhome on 26 May 2018

smooth~ basically same idea, my solution however is bit of inflexible.

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yurenchu on 25 Apr 2017

Will work also for non-square input matrix x.

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