Problem 92. Find state names that start with the letter N

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Given a list of US states, remove all the states that start with the letter N. If

 s1 = 'Alabama Montana Nebraska Vermont Nevada';

then

 s2 = 'Alabama Montana  Vermont ';

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@bmtran (Bryant Tran) on 26 Jan 2012

There's an error in the third test case that's preventing it from ever passing

Ned Gulley on 26 Jan 2012

Sorry about the problem. It's fixed now and you're in the lead.

Vivek on 25 Jan 2014

If I dont know any US city name, then I cant solve. Atleast it should not have space. Eg NewJersy not New Jersey. This is not matlab related. Its US related.

Daniel Pereira on 30 Apr 2014

I do not linke this problem as you must realize that there are two-names states which start with "New" or with "North". This needs to be analyzed before for people who don't know the names of all states, like me (I'm Spanish). I agree with Vivek that these doble name states should appear without space, but knowing that the only strages are "New" and "North", the problem is not that difficult.

li haitao on 18 May 2014

Could you explain how to put the spaces.For example,why the s2 of the second case has seven spaces?

Teemu Pulkkinen on 17 Jun 2014

Problem description says "remove" when it actually means "replace with space character". This might trip some people up because the verification is very unforgiving in this sense.

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ZUNAED KIBRIA on 10 Feb 2020

used this code : getting also the coreect and in my PC , but failed here ?? Can anyone help me ??

a=split(s1);

for i=1:length(a)

if (a{i}(1) == 'N' && a{i}(2)== 'e' && a{i}(3)== 'w') || (a{i}(1) == 'N' && a{i}(2)== 'o' && a{i}(3)== 'r' && a{i}(4)== 't' && a{i}(5)== 'h')
a{i} = '0' ;
a{i+1} = '0';
elseif a{i}(1) == 'N'
a{i} = '0' ;

end
end

str = (string(a));
str(find(str=='0'))='';
s2 = char(join(str))

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shahriar memaran on 15 Mar 2017

No matter what I do the assertion fails. I have tried three different solutions and for all I get the same result even though I get the correct answer in my computer. Can someone help!!! thanks!

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Jan Orwat on 1 Aug 2013

this uses very simple expression

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