- Added solutions by Eric Cheung.

- Added solutions by Jan Krnavek.
- Added solutions by W. Luis Mochan.
- Added solutions by Lubos Kolouch.
- Added solutions by Robbie Hatley.
- Added solutions by Paulo Custodio.
- Added solutions by Niels van Dijke.
- Added solutions by Conor Hoekstra.
- Added solutions by Bob Lied.
- Added solutions by Luca Ferrari.

28 files changed, 3562 insertions, 3318 deletions

diff --git a/challenge-288/perlboy1967/perl/ch1.pl b/challenge-288/perlboy1967/perl/ch-1.pl
index 5e7a7e7b64..5e7a7e7b64 100755
--- a/challenge-288/perlboy1967/perl/ch1.pl
+++ b/challenge-288/perlboy1967/perl/ch-1.pl
diff --git a/challenge-289/eric-cheung/python/ch-1.py b/challenge-289/eric-cheung/python/ch-1.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c54d1cff0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-289/eric-cheung/python/ch-1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+

+## arrInt = [5, 6, 4, 1]  ## Example 1

+## arrInt = [4, 5]  ## Example 2

+arrInt = [1, 2, 2, 3]  ## Example 3

+

+arrOutput = sorted(set(arrInt), reverse = True)

+

+## print (arrOutput)

+

+if len(arrOutput) >= 3:

+    print (arrOutput[2])

+else:

+    print (arrOutput[0])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/challenge-289/eric-cheung/python/ch-2.py b/challenge-289/eric-cheung/python/ch-2.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..09f789c2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-289/eric-cheung/python/ch-2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+

+import random

+

+def GetWordShuffle (strInput):

+    arrChar = [nIndx for nIndx, charLoop in enumerate(strInput) if charLoop.isalpha()]

+

+    arrSubChar = [nIndx for nIndx in arrChar[1:-1]]

+    random.shuffle(arrSubChar)

+

+    return strInput[:arrChar[0] + 1] + "".join([strInput[nIndx] for nIndx in arrSubChar]) + strInput[arrChar[-1]]

+

+## strInput = "Perl"  ## Example 1

+strInput = "According to a researcher (sic) at Cambridge University, it doesn't matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be at the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself but the word as a whole."  ## Example 2

+

+strOutput = " ".join([GetWordShuffle(strLoop) for strLoop in strInput.split(" ")])

+

+print (strOutput)

diff --git a/challenge-289/perlboy1967/perl/ch1.pl b/challenge-289/perlboy1967/perl/ch-1.pl
index a8d0fc1315..a8d0fc1315 100755
--- a/challenge-289/perlboy1967/perl/ch1.pl
+++ b/challenge-289/perlboy1967/perl/ch-1.pl
diff --git a/challenge-289/perlboy1967/perl/ch2.pl b/challenge-289/perlboy1967/perl/ch-2.pl
index 73a486a55e..73a486a55e 100755
--- a/challenge-289/perlboy1967/perl/ch2.pl
+++ b/challenge-289/perlboy1967/perl/ch-2.pl
diff --git a/stats/pwc-challenge-288.json b/stats/pwc-challenge-288.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5535887ddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stats/pwc-challenge-288.json
@@ -0,0 +1,544 @@
+{
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+      "text" : "[Champions: 28] Last updated at 2024-09-30 14:28:18 GMT"
+   },
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+            "id" : "Andre Ploger"
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+               [
+                  "Blog",
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+               ],
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+               ]
+            ]
+         },
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+               [
+                  "Perl",
+                  2
+               ]
+            ],
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+            "id" : "Bob Lied"
+         },
+         {
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+               [
+                  "Perl",
+                  1
+               ],
+               [
+                  "Blog",
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+               ]
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+               ]
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+                  2
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+         },
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+               ]
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+         },
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+            "name" : "Jorg Sommrey",
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+                  "Perl",
+                  2
+               ],
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+                  "Blog",
+                  1
+               ]
+            ]
+         },
+         {
+            "name" : "Kjetil Skotheim",
+            "id" : "Kjetil Skotheim",
+            "data" : [
+               [
+                  "Perl",
+                  2
+               ]
+            ]
+         },
+         {
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+               [
+                  "Perl",
+                  1
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+               [
+                  "Raku",
+                  1
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+                  "Blog",
+                  1
+               ]
+            ],
+            "id" : "Laurent Rosenfeld",
+            "name" : "Laurent Rosenfeld"
+         },
+         {
+            "id" : "Lubos Kolouch",
+            "name" : "Lubos Kolouch",
+            "data" : [
+               [
+                  "Perl",
+                  2
+               ]
+            ]
+         },
+         {
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+            "id" : "Luca Ferrari",
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+         },
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+               [
+                  "Perl",
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+                  "Perl",
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+            "name" : "Reinier Maliepaard",
+            "data" : [
+               [
+                  "Perl",
+                  1
+               ],
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+                  "Blog",
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+               ]
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+            "id" : "Roger Bell_West"
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+                  "Perl",
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+               ]
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+               ],
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+   },
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+               "drilldown" : "Andre Ploger",
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+               "drilldown" : "Ulrich Rieke"
+            },
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+               "drilldown" : "W. Luis Mochan",
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+               "drilldown" : "Wanderdoc",
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diff --git a/stats/pwc-current.json b/stats/pwc-current.json
index 9702ecebfc..676fc24744 100644
--- a/stats/pwc-current.json
+++ b/stats/pwc-current.json
@@ -1,319 +1,18 @@
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-            "id" : "Laurent Rosenfeld"
-         },
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                   2
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@@ -322,152 +21,41 @@
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