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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Week 83 Task 1 solution by Steven Wilson.
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More;
+
+my $ex1_t = "The Weekly Challenge";
+my $ex2_t = "The purpose of our lives is to be happy";
+ok( length_of_excerpt($ex1_t) == 6,  'Example 1' );
+ok( length_of_excerpt($ex2_t) == 23, 'Example 2' );
+done_testing();
+
+sub length_of_excerpt {
+    my $input = shift;
+    $input =~ s/^\w+|\w+$//g;    # trim first and last words
+    $input =~ s/\s//g;           # remove whitespace
+    return length $input;
+}