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+http://ccgi.campbellsmiths.force9.co.uk/challenge/261
diff --git a/challenge-261/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-261/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# Blog: http://ccgi.campbellsmiths.force9.co.uk/challenge
+
+use v5.26;    # The Weekly Challenge - 2024-03-18
+use utf8;     # Week 261 - task 1 - Element digit sum
+use warnings; # Peter Campbell Smith
+binmode STDOUT, ':utf8';
+
+my (@ints, $j);
+
+element_digit_sum(1, 2, 3, 45);
+element_digit_sum(1, 12, 3);
+element_digit_sum(1, 2, 3, 4);
+element_digit_sum(236, 416, 336, 350);
+
+# longer random example
+for $j (0 .. 49) {
+	$ints[$j] = int(rand(1000));
+}
+element_digit_sum(@ints);
+
+sub element_digit_sum {
+	
+	my (@ints, $digit_sum, $element_sum, $difference);
+	
+	# calculate sums
+	@ints = @_;
+	$element_sum += $_ for @ints;
+	$digit_sum += $_ for split('', join('', @ints));
+	
+	# calculate difference
+	$difference = abs($element_sum - $digit_sum);
+	
+	say qq[\nInput:  \@ints = (] . join(', ', @ints) . qq[)\n] .
+		qq[Output: $difference (element sum = $element_sum, digit sum = $digit_sum)];
+}
diff --git a/challenge-261/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-261/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# Blog: http://ccgi.campbellsmiths.force9.co.uk/challenge
+
+use v5.26;    # The Weekly Challenge - 2024-03-18
+use utf8;     # Week 261 - task 2 - Multiply by 2
+use warnings; # Peter Campbell Smith
+binmode STDOUT, ':utf8';
+
+multiply_by_2([5, 3, 6, 1, 12], 3);
+multiply_by_2([1, 2, 4, 3], 1);
+multiply_by_2([5, 6, 7], 2);
+multiply_by_2([64, 256, 4, 64, 128, 2, 16, 32, 8], 2);
+
+sub multiply_by_2 {
+	
+	my (@ints, $start, $string);
+	
+	# initialise
+	@ints = @{$_[0]};
+	$start = $_[1];
+	
+	# join @ints as string
+	$string = ',' . join(',', @ints) . ',';
+	
+	# search string as per task
+	$start *= 2 while ($string =~ m|,$start,|);
+	
+	say qq[\nInput:  \@ints = (] . join(', ', @ints) .
+		qq[}, \$start = $_[1]];
+	say qq[Output: $start];
+}