Problem 584. middleAsColumn: Return all but first and last element as a column vector

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Chaya N on 31 Oct 2016

The test suite should include a two element input also, for the sake of completion!

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Clément E. on 30 May 2018

Why are several y_correct vectors not column vector as required by the problem?

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Informaton on 28 May 2017

The leading solution without the regexp hack: 19.

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