Solutions to challenge 286

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diff --git a/challenge-286/jo-37/blog.txt b/challenge-286/jo-37/blog.txt
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+https://github.sommrey.de/the-bears-den/2024/09/13/ch-286.html
diff --git a/challenge-286/jo-37/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-286/jo-37/perl/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w0777
+
+use v5.12;
+seek DATA, 0, 0;
+say +(keys %{ {<DATA> =~ /(\S+)()/g} })[0];
+__DATA__
+Hello David!
diff --git a/challenge-286/jo-37/perl/ch-1a.sh b/challenge-286/jo-37/perl/ch-1a.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# usage: ch-1.sh [N]
+# call ch-1.pl N times (default: 80), count the individual printed words
+# and sort by frequency
+
+for i in $(seq 1 ${1:-80}); do ./ch-1.pl; done | sort | uniq -c | sort -n
diff --git a/challenge-286/jo-37/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-286/jo-37/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl -s
+
+use v5.24;
+use Test2::V0;
+use experimental 'signatures';
+
+our ($tests, $examples, $verbose);
+
+run_tests() if $tests || $examples;	# does not return
+
+die <<EOS unless @ARGV;
+usage: $0 [-examples] [-tests] [-verbose] [--] [I...]
+
+-examples
+    run the examples from the challenge
+ 
+-tests
+    run some tests
+
+-verbose
+    print intermediate results
+
+I...
+    list of integers
+
+EOS
+
+
+### Input and Output
+
+say order_game(@ARGV);
+
+
+### Implementation
+#
+# For details see:
+# https://github.sommrey.de/the-bears-den/2024/09/13/ch-286.html#task-2
+
+
+sub order_game (@ints) {
+    my $f = 1;
+    say "@ints" if $verbose;
+    while (@ints > 1) {
+        my ($i, $k) = splice @ints, 0, 2;
+        push @ints, ($f *= -1) * ($k - $i) > 0 ? $k : $i;
+        say "@ints" if $verbose;
+    }
+    shift @ints;
+}
+
+
+### Examples and tests
+
+sub run_tests {
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "examples" unless $examples;
+
+        is order_game(2, 1, 4, 5, 6, 3, 0, 2), 1, 'example 1';
+        is order_game(0, 5, 3, 2), 0, 'example 2';
+        is order_game(9, 2, 1, 4, 5, 6, 0, 7, 3, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 0, 8),
+            2, 'example 3';
+    }
+
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "tests" unless $tests;
+
+        is order_game(3, 2, 1), 2, 'not a power of two';
+
+	}
+
+    done_testing;
+    exit;
+}