DAJ 322 blogged

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diff --git a/challenge-322/dave-jacoby/blog.txt b/challenge-322/dave-jacoby/blog.txt
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+https://jacoby-lpwk.onrender.com/2025/05/22/dashing-this-off-weekly-challenge-332.html
diff --git a/challenge-322/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-322/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 };
+
+use List::Util qw{ sum0 };
+
+my @examples = (
+
+    {
+        str => 'ABC-D-E-F',
+        i   => 3,
+    },
+    {
+        str => 'A-BC-D-E',
+        i   => 2,
+    },
+    {
+        str => '-A-BC-DE',
+        i   => 4,
+    },
+);
+
+for my $example (@examples) {
+    my $output = string_format($example);
+    say <<"END";
+    Input:  \$str = "$example->{str}"
+            \$i   = $example->{i}
+    Output: $output
+END
+}
+
+sub string_format ($obj) {
+    my $i   = $obj->{i};
+    my $str = $obj->{str};
+    $str = substr( $str, 1 ) while $str =~ /^-/mx;
+    my $l = length $str;
+    for my $x ( reverse 0 .. $l ) {
+        my $c = substr( $str, $x, 1 );
+        next if $c =~ /\w/mx;
+        next if $x + 1 >= $l;
+        my $group = substr( $str, $x + 1 );
+        ($group) = split /-/, $group;
+        if ( length $group < $i ) {
+            substr( $str, $x, 1 ) = '';
+        }
+    }
+    return $str;
+}
diff --git a/challenge-322/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-322/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 };
+use List::Util   qw{ uniq };
+
+my @examples = ( 
+    
+    [ 55, 22, 44, 33 ], 
+    [ 10, 10, 10 ], 
+    [ 5, 1, 1, 4, 3 ], 
+);
+
+for my $example (@examples) {
+    my @ints   = $example->@*;
+    my $ints   = join ', ', @ints;
+    my @output = rank_array( $example->@* );
+    my $output = join ', ', @output;
+    say <<"END";
+    Input:  \@ints = ($ints)
+    Output: ($output)
+END
+}
+
+sub rank_array (@ints) {
+    my @sorted = uniq sort { $a <=> $b } @ints;
+    my %ranks;
+    my $r = 1;
+    for my $s (@sorted) { $ranks{$s} = $r++; }
+    return map { $ranks{$_} } @ints;
+}