Problem 364. Matrix spiral

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Nikolaos Nikolaou on 13 Dec 2020

This one took me a while :)

Brandon on 8 May 2023 at 19:12

Why are there 0's on the bottom row, and two columns of 0's on the left hand side?

Christian Schröder on 9 May 2023 at 6:10

@Brandon the matrix has to be square, and, according to the problem statement, "has to have the same or more zeros than elevens". If you used e.g. A(1:end-1, 2:end) of the given A, (for n = 8), you'd fail the latter condition.

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