Problem 2062. A matrix of introverts

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Selvaraaju Murugesan on 10 Jan 2014

dyadup funciton is not supported?!

James on 10 Jan 2014

I'd never heard of it, but you are correct: it does exactly what this problem asks. It's part of the wavelet toolbox, which I guess isn't included in Cody.

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J.R.! Menzinger on 19 Dec 2013

Always a chance to learn new matlab functions.

bainhome on 31 May 2015

"find" combine with "accumarray" function so naturally,couldn't even tell which is which.really good work!

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