Solution for task 1 for Avery Adams week 218

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diff --git a/challenge-218/avery-adams/blog.txt b/challenge-218/avery-adams/blog.txt
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+https://dev.to/oldtechaa/perl-weekly-challenge-218-feeling-negative-3gdc
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diff --git a/challenge-218/avery-adams/blog1.txt b/challenge-218/avery-adams/blog1.txt
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+https://blogs.perl.org/users/oldtechaa/2023/05/perl-weekly-challenge-218---feeling-negative.html
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diff --git a/challenge-218/avery-adams/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-218/avery-adams/perl/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use v5.24;
+
+my @sorted = sort {abs($b) <=> abs($a)} @ARGV;
+my $complete;
+until ($complete) {
+    my $negCount = isNeg($sorted[0]) + isNeg($sorted[1]) + isNeg($sorted[2]);
+    if ($negCount == 2 || $negCount == 0) {
+        $complete = 1;
+    } else {
+        my $positives;
+        for (2..$#sorted) {
+            $positives = 1 if !isNeg($sorted[$_]);
+        }
+        if ($positives) {
+            for (2, 1, 0) {
+                if (abs($sorted[$_]) == $sorted[$_]) {
+                    next;
+                } else {
+                    splice (@sorted, $_, 1);
+                    last;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            say $sorted[-1] * $sorted[-2] * $sorted[-3] and exit;
+        }
+    }
+}
+say $sorted[0] * $sorted[1] * $sorted[2];
+
+sub isNeg {
+    my $num = shift;
+    return $num < 0 ? 1 : 0;
+}