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diff --git a/challenge-280/adam-russell/blog.txt b/challenge-280/adam-russell/blog.txt
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+http://www.rabbitfarm.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/perl/2024/08/04
diff --git a/challenge-280/adam-russell/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-280/adam-russell/perl/ch-1.pl
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+
+  
+use v5.38;
+
+  
+sub twice_appearance{
+    my($s) = @_;
+    my @a = ();
+    do{
+        $a[ord($_)]++;
+        return $_ if $a[ord($_)] == 2;
+    } for split //, $s;
+    return undef;
+}
+
+  
+MAIN:{
+  say twice_appearance q/acbddbca/;
+  say twice_appearance q/abccd/;
+  say twice_appearance q/abcdabbb/;
+}
+
diff --git a/challenge-280/adam-russell/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-280/adam-russell/perl/ch-2.pl
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+
+  
+use v5.38;
+
+  
+sub count_asterisks{
+  my($s) = shift;
+  my $score = 0;
+  my @asterisks = ();
+  my @s = split /\|/, $s;
+  {
+      my $x = shift @s;
+      my $y = shift @s;
+      my @a = $x =~ m/(\*)/g if $x;
+      push @asterisks, @a if @a > 0;
+      redo if @s >= 1;
+  }
+  return 0 + @asterisks;
+}
+
+  
+MAIN:{
+  say count_asterisks q/p|*e*rl|w**e|*ekly|/;
+  say count_asterisks q/perl/;
+  say count_asterisks q/th|ewe|e**|k|l***ych|alleng|e/;
+}  
+