Count down from n
Implement a function that returns a list from n down to 1.
Multiplication Table Row
Return the nth row of a multiplication table as a list of 1..n products.
Last Occurrence of a Value
Implement a function that returns the last index of a given value in a list, or -1 if it's not present.
Cycle a List Once
Implement a function that rotates a list right by one position.
Boolean Mask Filter
Write a function that filters a list based on a boolean mask and returns the selected elements.
Replace negatives with zero
Implement a function that replaces all negative numbers in a list with zero.
Average of a list
Write a function that computes the average of a list of numbers, handling empty lists by returning 0.
Map, Filter, Reduce
Implement three functions using map, filter, and reduce to manipulate a list of integers.
Count Leading Zeros
Write a function that returns the number of leading zeros in a list of integers.
Remove Duplicates from Sorted Array
Given a sorted list, remove duplicates in-place and return the new length.
Filter by Age
Filter a list of person dictionaries by age and return their names.
Insert New Row
Implement a function that inserts a new row into a 2D list at a specified index.
Rank Employees by Salary
Sort a list of employee dictionaries by salary descending, tie-break by name, and return ranked strings.
Broadcast Add Scalar
Add a scalar to every number in a 2D list and return a new 2D list without modifying the original.
Fancy Index Select
Given a 2D matrix and a list of row indices, select those rows in order and return them as a new 2D list.
Reshape array dimensions
Implement a function that reshapes a 1D list into a 2D list with given dimensions.
Cumulative Sum Vectorized
Implement a function that returns the cumulative sum of a list of numbers.
Element-wise Clip
Implement a function that clips each element of a list to a specified range.
Percentile Calculation
Given a list of numbers and a target value, return the percentile rank of that value in the list.
Euclidean Distance Matrix
Write a function to compute the Euclidean distance between every pair of points from two lists.
Order by Name
Implement a function that sorts a list of names alphabetically ignoring case, returning a new list.
Argmax along axis
Write a function that returns index positions of the maximum values along rows or columns of a 2D list.
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