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+_Inline/
diff --git a/challenge-029/lars-thegler/perl5/ch-1.pl b/challenge-029/lars-thegler/perl5/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+use Modern::Perl;
+
+# Write a script to demonstrate brace expansion. For example, script
+# would take command line argument Perl {Daily,Weekly,Monthly,Yearly}
+# Challenge and should expand it and print like below:
+#
+#  Perl Daily Challenge
+#  Perl Weekly Challenge
+#  Perl Monthly Challenge
+#  Perl Yearly Challenge
+
+my $input = shift;
+
+# identify the braces in the input string
+my ($brace) = $input =~ m/\{(.+?)\}/;
+
+unless ($brace) {
+    say $input;
+    exit;
+}
+
+# split brace content into its expansions
+my @expansions = split ',', $brace;
+
+# replace the brace with the expansion
+for my $expansion (@expansions) {
+    ( my $output = $input ) =~ s/(\{.+?\})/$expansion/;
+    say $output;
+}
+
+# ideas for extension of the task:
+# - support for multiple braces in command line argument
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/challenge-029/lars-thegler/perl5/ch-2.pl b/challenge-029/lars-thegler/perl5/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+use Modern::Perl;
+
+# Write a script to demonstrate calling a C function. It could be any
+# user defined or standard C function.
+
+use Inline 'C';
+
+greet( shift // 'world' );
+
+__END__
+__C__
+
+void greet(char* name)
+{
+    printf("Hello, %s!\n", name);
+}