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+#!/usr/bin/perl -s
+
+use v5.24;
+use Test2::V0;
+
+our ($tests, $examples);
+
+run_tests() if $tests || $examples;	# does not return
+
+die <<EOS unless @ARGV;
+usage: $0 [-examples] [-tests] [STR]
+
+-examples
+    run the examples from the challenge
+ 
+-tests
+    run some tests
+
+STR
+    a string
+
+EOS
+
+
+### Input and Output
+
+say count_asterisks(shift);
+
+
+### Implementation
+#
+# For details see:
+# https://github.sommrey.de/the-bears-den/2024/08/02/ch-280.html#task-2
+
+
+sub count_asterisks {
+    shift =~ s/\|[^|]*\|//rg =~ tr/*//;
+}
+
+
+### Examples and tests
+
+sub run_tests {
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "examples" unless $examples;
+
+        is count_asterisks("p|*e*rl|w**e|*ekly|"), 2, "example 1";
+        is count_asterisks("perl"), 0, "example 2";
+        is count_asterisks("th|ewe|e**|k|l***ych|alleng|e"), 5, "example 3";
+    }
+
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "tests" unless $tests;
+
+        is count_asterisks("*|**|****"), 5, "bar pair";
+        is count_asterisks("*|**|****|"), 5, "trailing bar";
+        is count_asterisks("|*|**|****"), 6, "leading bar";
+        is count_asterisks("|*|**|****|"), 2, "leading and trailing bar";
+        is count_asterisks("*||**|"), 3, "empty part";
+	}
+
+    done_testing;
+    exit;
+}