Solve PWC272

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diff --git a/challenge-272/wlmb/blog.txt b/challenge-272/wlmb/blog.txt
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+https://wlmb.github.io/2024/06/03/PWC272/
diff --git a/challenge-272/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-272/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Perl weekly challenge 272
+# Task 1:  Defang IP Address
+#
+# See https://wlmb.github.io/2024/06/03/PWC272/#task-1-defang-ip-address
+use v5.36;
+die <<~"FIN" unless @ARGV;
+    Usage: $0 A1 A2...
+    to defang the IP addresses A1 A2...
+    FIN
+my $ip=join '\.', ('\d{1,3}') x 4;
+for(@ARGV){
+    my $original=$_;
+    warn "Not a valid IP: $_", next unless /^$ip$/;
+    s/\./[.]/g;
+    say "$original -> $_";
+}
diff --git a/challenge-272/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-272/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Perl weekly challenge 272
+# Task 2:  String Score
+#
+# See https://wlmb.github.io/2024/06/03/PWC272/#task-2-string-score
+use v5.36;
+use PDL;
+use PDL::NiceSlice;
+die <<~"FIN" unless @ARGV;
+    Usage: $0 S1 S2...
+    to find the score of the strings S1 S2...
+    i.e., the sum of the absolute value of
+    the difference of consecutive ascii values.
+    FIN
+for(@ARGV){
+    my $ords=pdl map {ord} split "";
+    warn "Need at least two characters: $_", next unless $ords->nelem > 1;
+    say "$_ -> ",($ords(1:-1)-$ords(0:-2))->abs->sumover;
+}