Solve PWC185

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diff --git a/challenge-185/wlmb/blog.txt b/challenge-185/wlmb/blog.txt
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+https://wlmb.github.io/2022/10/03/PWC185/
diff --git a/challenge-185/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-185/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Perl weekly challenge 185
+# Task 1:  MAC Address
+#
+# See https://wlmb.github.io/2022/10/03/PWC185/#task-1-mac-address
+use v5.36;
+use List::Util qw(all pairs);
+use experimental "try";
+die "Usage: $0 S1 [S2...]\nto convert strings Sn from hhhh.hhhh.hhhh to hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh"
+unless @ARGV;
+for (@ARGV) {
+    try {
+        my @quads=split /\./;
+        die "Expected 3 parts" unless @quads==3;
+        die "Expected 4-hex-digit parts" unless all {m/[0-9a-f]{4}/} @quads;
+        say "$_ -> ", join ":", map {join "", @$_} pairs map {split ""} @quads;
+    }
+    catch ($m) {
+        say "Failed for $_: $m";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/challenge-185/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-185/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Perl weekly challenge 185
+# Task 2:  Mask Code
+#
+# See https://wlmb.github.io/2022/10/03/PWC185/#task-2-mask-code
+use v5.36;
+for(@ARGV){
+    my $n=0;
+    say "$_ -> ", join "", map {$n<4 && ($n+=s/[A-Za-z0-9]/x/); $_} split ""
+}