Problem 1971. Remove element(s) from cell array

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源樹上林on 22 Aug 2020

good

Yunpeng Teng2020年12月5日

you should add that the element is deleted by the index not the value

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john perkinson 4 May 2021

very challengning

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Qin-Yongon 15 Jan 2021

function y = remove_from_cell_array(x,to_remove)
x(to_remove)=[];
y=x;
end

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Matthias Saureron 10 Jul 2020

you should also add a test suit where the individual elements are not increasing monotonously, e.g. x={9,4,5,8,3,1,6,4}

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Matthias Saureron 9 Jul 2020

that was a nice one :))

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