--- a/linearRegCostFunction.m
+++ b/linearRegCostFunction.m
@@ -1,37 +1,14 @@
 function [J, grad] = linearRegCostFunction(X, y, theta, lambda)
-%LINEARREGCOSTFUNCTION Compute cost and gradient for regularized linear 
-%regression with multiple variables
-%   [J, grad] = LINEARREGCOSTFUNCTION(X, y, theta, lambda) computes the 
-%   cost of using theta as the parameter for linear regression to fit the 
-%   data points in X and y. Returns the cost in J and the gradient in grad
-
-% Initialize some useful values
-m = length(y); % number of training examples
-
-% You need to return the following variables correctly 
-J = 0;
-grad = zeros(size(theta));
+  ##LINEARREGCOSTFUNCTION Compute cost and gradient for regularized linear 
+  ##regression with multiple variables
+  ##   [J, grad] = LINEARREGCOSTFUNCTION(X, y, theta, lambda) computes the 
+  ##   cost of using theta as the parameter for linear regression to fit the 
+  ##   data points in X and y. Returns the cost in J and the gradient in grad
 
-% ====================== YOUR CODE HERE ======================
-% Instructions: Compute the cost and gradient of regularized linear 
-%               regression for a particular choice of theta.
-%
-%               You should set J to the cost and grad to the gradient.
-%
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+  m = length (y);
+  ht = X*theta;
+  J = (sumsq (ht - y) + lambda*sumsq (theta(2:end)))/(2*m);
 
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+  grad = (X'*(ht - y) + [0; lambda*theta(2:end)])/m;
 
-% =========================================================================
-
-grad = grad(:);
-
-end
+endfunction