write a matlab function to detect if any two numbers in a list of numbers are identical. for example, the function f([1,2.5,-3,2.5,7]) should return 1 and the function f([-3,5,14]) should return 0 in matlab

Here is a MATLAB function that takes a list of numbers and detects if any two numbers in the list are identical:

main.m
function out = detectIdenticalNumbers(list)
% This function takes a list of numbers and returns 1 if any two
% numbers in the list are identical, and returns 0 otherwise.

  n = length(list);  % length of list
  out = 0;  % initialize output variable to 0 (no identical numbers yet)
  
  for i = 1:n-1  % loop over all pairs of numbers in the list
    for j = i+1:n
      if list(i) == list(j)
        out = 1;  % if any two numbers are identical, set output to 1 and exit loops
        return
      end
    end
  end

end
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To test this function, you can call it with different input lists:

main.m
% example usage
out1 = detectIdenticalNumbers([1,2.5,-3,2.5,7])  % should return 1
out2 = detectIdenticalNumbers([-3,5,14])  % should return 0
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This should output out1 = 1 and out2 = 0, as expected.

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