Simplify the codes slightly

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/challenge-100/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-100/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl
index 6cc0f7ef7b..31284205c7 100755
--- a/challenge-100/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl
+++ b/challenge-100/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sub usage {
     Converts time between 12 and 24 hour formats
     Usage;
        ./ch-1.pl time1 time2 ...
-       Each argument must have the format hh:mm:ss ampm
+       Each argument must have the format "hh:mm:ss ampm"
        where the minutes and seconds are optional and
        ampm is either am or pm or null.
        If ampm is given, the hour should be not greater than 12 nor
diff --git a/challenge-100/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-100/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl
index 5716c3e031..eb9e60713e 100755
--- a/challenge-100/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl
+++ b/challenge-100/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl
@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@ my @next_row=(0)x@{$rows[-1]};
 my $cost;
 my @choices;
 foreach my $current_row(reverse @rows){ # move upwards
-    my @current_row=pairwise {$a+$b} @$current_row, @next_row; #
+    my @current_row=pairwise {$a+$b} @$current_row, @next_row; #get totalcost for each element
     $cost=$current_row[0],last if @current_row==1; # done?
     # Find best choices for each index of the row above
-    @next_row=map {min ($current_row[$_], $current_row[$_+1])} (0..@current_row-2);
-    # and register their indices
-    my @chosen_indices=map {$next_row[$_]==$current_row[$_]?$_:$_+1} (0..@current_row-2);
-    # Build a triangle of chosen indices
+    my @chosen_indices=map {$current_row[$_]<=$current_row[$_+1]?$_:$_+1}(0..@current_row-2);
+    @next_row=@current_row[@chosen_indices];
+    # Build a triangle of chosen indices for later display
     unshift @choices, [@chosen_indices];
 }
 #print input triangle and optimal cost