Problem 320. Maintain shape of logical-index mask

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Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 12 Feb 2014

More tests. A lot of solutions assume that mask has only 2 columns.

the cyclist on 13 Feb 2014

Good suggestion. I've added a couple more tests to the suite, including one that has three columns in the logical mask.

Ben on 30 Sep 2015

Is there a way to just view the solution to this? I've been trying to do this for my own work, and this problem is the only thing I've found that purports to do what I need, but of course it doesn't actually tell me how.

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