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+#!/usr/bin/perl -s
+
+use v5.24;
+use Test2::V0;
+use List::MoreUtils qw(part);
+use List::UtilsBy qw(zip_by);
+use Data::Dump;
+
+our ($tests, $examples);
+
+run_tests() if $tests || $examples;	# does not return
+
+die <<EOS unless @ARGV;
+usage: $0 [-examples] [-tests] [STRING...]
+
+-examples
+    run the examples from the challenge
+ 
+-tests
+    run some tests
+
+STRING...
+    list of strings, where each string consists of space-separated
+    digits and letters
+
+EOS
+
+
+### Input and Output
+
+dd split_array(@ARGV);
+
+
+### Implementation
+
+# Split each string into its space separated elements, distribute these
+# onto two buckets of non-digits and digits, collect alike buckets and
+# drop empty ones.
+sub split_array {
+    [map {[grep $_, @$_]}
+        zip_by {[@_]}
+        map {[part {/\D/} @$_]}
+        map [split], @_];
+}
+
+
+### Examples and tests
+
+sub run_tests {
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "examples" unless $examples;
+
+        is split_array('a 1 2 b 0', '3 c 4 d'),
+            [[[1,2,0], [3,4]], [['a','b'], ['c','d']]], 'example 1';
+        is split_array('1 2', 'p q r', 's 3', '4 5 t'),
+            [[[1,2], [3], [4,5]], [['p','q','r'], ['s'], ['t']]], 'example 2';
+    }
+
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "tests" unless $tests;
+	}
+
+    done_testing;
+    exit;
+}