Problem 157. The Hitchhiker's Guide to MATLAB

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Output logical "true" if the input is the answer to life, the universe and everything. Otherwise, output logical "false".

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Haresh Varu on 29 May 2013

weird question

Vivek on 6 Jun 2013

??. Please some one explain me the problem

Cui Xiaopeng on 21 Aug 2013

I cann't bear so weird question! why 42?

niu on 1 Mar 2014

42 is the ultimate answer to life,universe and everything.--- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy!

Miao on 30 Jul 2014

I wish there is a "dislike" opinion.

Joshua on 6 Nov 2014

Very good.

Spir4L on 6 May 2015

That's nice! Btw I dont understand how to get less then 13.

Grzegorz Popek on 15 May 2015

Honestly, I solved it only because it kept reappearing on my list.

Carl Witthoft on 16 Dec 2015

In the spirit of troublemaking: I think the solution should accept text input, e.g. "forty-two"

Xianglong Wang on 10 Nov 2016

Really weird question!

Junseok Yang on 12 Nov 2016

good

haziq hadi on 27 Dec 2016

42. do not add zero after 2

mohd mu'aazullah yaakob on 27 Dec 2016

good

edwin chua on 29 Dec 2016

good one

KHOGULAN THANGAIAH on 29 Dec 2016

gooodyy

Naimul Hassan on 20 Apr 2017

Is it necessary to know about "The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" to solve this problem or it has a different logic behind the solution?

If it doesn't have a different logic, I have to say it was a boring problem.

Aurik Sarker on 22 Aug 2018

classic

Hamza Maqbool on 3 Feb 2020

Amazing!

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