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diff --git a/challenge-268/jo-37/blog.txt b/challenge-268/jo-37/blog.txt
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+https://github.sommrey.de/the-bears-den/2024/05/10/ch-268.html
diff --git a/challenge-268/jo-37/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-268/jo-37/perl/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl -s
+
+use v5.24;
+use Test2::V0 '!float';
+use PDL;
+use experimental 'signatures';
+
+our ($tests, $examples);
+
+run_tests() if $tests || $examples;	# does not return
+
+die <<EOS unless @ARGV == 2;
+usage: $0 [-examples] [-tests] [--] [ListX ListY]
+
+-examples
+    run the examples from the challenge
+ 
+-tests
+    run some tests
+
+ListX ListY
+    two lists of comma separated numbers
+
+EOS
+
+
+### Input and Output
+
+say magic_number(map [split /,/], @ARGV) // 'no magic number';
+
+
+### Implementation
+#
+# For details see:
+# https://github.sommrey.de/the-bears-den/2024/05/10/ch-268.html#task-1
+
+
+sub magic_number ($x, $y) {
+	my ($min, $max) = minmax pdl($y)->qsort - pdl($x)->qsort;
+    $min == $max ? $min : undef;
+}
+
+
+### Examples and tests
+
+sub run_tests {
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "examples" unless $examples;
+
+        is magic_number([3, 7, 5], [9, 5, 7]), 2, 'example 1';
+        is magic_number([1, 2, 1], [5, 4, 4]), 3, 'example 2';
+        is magic_number([2], [5]), 3, 'example 3';
+    }
+
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "tests" unless $tests;
+
+        is magic_number([1, 2], [3, 5]), U(), 'no magic number';
+        is magic_number([1, 2], [2, 1]), 0, 'same numbers';
+        is magic_number([4, 3], [1, 2]), -2, 'negative magic number';
+	}
+
+    done_testing;
+    exit;
+}
diff --git a/challenge-268/jo-37/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-268/jo-37/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl -s
+
+use v5.24;
+use Test2::V0 '!float';
+use PDL;
+use PDL::NiceSlice;
+
+our ($tests, $examples, $num);
+$num ||= 2;
+
+run_tests() if $tests || $examples;	# does not return
+
+die <<EOS unless @ARGV && !(@ARGV % $num);
+usage: $0 [-examples] [-tests] [-num=N] [--] [M]
+
+-examples
+    run the examples from the challenge
+ 
+-tests
+    run some tests
+
+-num=N
+    move N-tuples. Default: 2
+
+M...
+    list of numbers with a multiple of N as size
+
+EOS
+
+
+### Input and Output
+
+main: {
+    local $" = ', ';
+    say "(@{number_game($num, \@ARGV)})";
+}
+
+
+### Implementation
+#
+# For details see:
+# https://github.sommrey.de/the-bears-den/2024/05/10/ch-268.html#task-2
+
+
+sub number_game {
+    my $n = shift;
+    long(@_)->qsort->splitdim(0, $n)->(-1:0)->flat;
+}
+
+
+### Examples and tests
+
+sub run_tests {
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "examples" unless $examples;
+
+        is number_game(2, [2, 5, 3, 4])->unpdl, [3, 2, 5, 4], 'example 1';
+        is number_game(2, [9, 4, 1, 3, 6, 4, 6, 1])->unpdl,
+            [1, 1, 4, 3, 6, 4, 9, 6], 'example 2';
+        is number_game(2, [1, 2, 2, 3])->unpdl, [2, 1, 3, 2], 'example 3';
+    }
+
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "tests" unless $tests;
+
+        is number_game(3, [1 .. 12])->unpdl,
+            [3, 2, 1, 6, 5, 4, 9, 8, 7, 12, 11, 10], 'triplets';
+
+	}
+
+    done_testing;
+    exit;
+}