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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use feature qw(:5.32);
+use experimental qw(signatures);
+
+# TASK #1 › Longest Consecutive Sequence
+# Submitted by: Mohammad S Anwar
+#
+# You are given an unsorted array of integers @N.
+#
+# Write a script to find the longest consecutive sequence. Print 0 if none sequence found.
+
+my @n = sort {$a <=> $b} @ARGV;
+
+my $best_start = 0;
+my $best_run = 0;
+my $start = -1;
+
+for my $i (1..$#n) {
+    # are we in a run?
+    if ($n[$i] == $n[$i-1] + 1) {
+        # is this the start of a run?
+        $start = $i-1 if $start == -1;
+
+        # do we have a new best run?
+        if ($i - $start > $best_run) {
+            $best_run = $i - $start;
+            $best_start = $start;
+        }
+
+    } else {
+        # we're not in a run
+        $start = -1;
+    }
+}
+
+if ($best_run > 0) {
+    say "@n[$best_start..$best_start+$best_run]";
+} else {
+    say 0;
+}