Merge pull request #12269 from jacoby/master

DAJ 328 blogged

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diff --git a/challenge-328/dave-jacoby/blog.txt b/challenge-328/dave-jacoby/blog.txt
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+https://jacoby-lpwk.onrender.com/2025/06/30/kinda-predisastered-weekly-challenge-328.html
diff --git a/challenge-328/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-328/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use experimental qw{ say state postderef signatures };
+
+my @examples = (
+
+    qw{ a?z pe?k gra?te b?a?c?d?a }
+);
+
+for my $input (@examples) {
+    my $output = replace_all_Qs($input);
+    say <<"END";
+    Input:  \@str = "$input"
+    Output:        "$output"
+END
+}
+
+sub replace_all_Qs($example) {
+    my @qs =
+        grep { '?' eq substr( $example, $_, 1 ) } 0 .. -1 + length $example;
+    for my $q (@qs) {
+        for my $l ( 'A' .. 'Z' ) {
+            my $ll = $l . $l;
+            my $c = $example;
+            substr( $c, $q, 1 ) = $l; 
+            if ( $c !~ /$ll/mix ) {
+                $example = $c;
+                last;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return $example;
+}
+
diff --git a/challenge-328/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-328/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use experimental qw{ say state postderef signatures };
+
+my @examples = (
+    qw{ WeEeekly abBAdDabc }
+);
+
+for my $input (@examples) {
+    my $output = good_string($input);
+    say <<"END";
+    Input:  \@str = "$input"
+    Output:        "$output"
+END
+}
+
+sub good_string ($input) {
+TOP: while (1) {
+        for my $i ( 0 .. -1 + length $input ) {
+            my $c = substr $input, $i, 1;
+            if ( _is_uppercase($c) ) {
+                my $cc = lc $c;
+                if ( $cc eq substr $input, $i + 1, 1 ) {
+                    substr( $input, $i + 1, 1 ) = '';
+                    substr( $input, $i,     1 ) = '';
+                    next TOP;
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                my $cc = uc $c;
+                if ( $cc eq substr $input, $i + 1, 1 ) {
+                    substr( $input, $i + 1, 1 ) = '';
+                    substr( $input, $i,     1 ) = '';
+                    next TOP;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        last;
+    }
+    return $input;
+}
+sub _is_uppercase($char) { return $char eq uc $char ? 1 : 0; }