Problem 54775. Flip the parity of digits in a decimal expansion

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height: 19px;" width="168" height="19"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 141.958px 8px; transform-origin: 141.958px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">. If we change the even digits from positive to negative, then the number becomes 269 (i.e., 300-40+9). A similar operation could be applied to the odd digits. </div><div style="block-size: 42px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 21px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 21px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 114.217px 8px; transform-origin: 114.217px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">Write a function that takes a number n<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 109.292px 8px; transform-origin: 109.292px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> and produces two arrays: a vector a<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 84.7833px 8px; transform-origin: 84.7833px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> with the even digits of 1 to n<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 57.9583px 8px; transform-origin: 57.9583px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> with flipped parity and a vector b<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 81.2833px 8px; transform-origin: 81.2833px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> with the odd digits of 1 to n<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 59.3833px 8px; transform-origin: 59.3833px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> with flipped parity. </div><div style="block-size: 42px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 21px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 21px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 229.875px 8px; transform-origin: 229.875px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">At first these sequences did not seem interesting, but plotting them--using <span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 65.45px 8px; transform-origin: 65.45px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">plot(a,1:n,b,1:n)<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 16.3333px 8px; transform-origin: 16.3333px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> with <img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="n = 10^4" style="width: 49px; height: 19px;" width="49" height="19"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 21.775px 8px; transform-origin: 21.775px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">, say—convinced me that they are.</div></div></div>

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