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diff --git a/challenge-042/ruben-westerberg/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-042/ruben-westerberg/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use POSIX qw<round>;
+
+my $maxLength=$ARGV[0]//20; #If no max on command line use 20
+while () {
+	my $str="";
+	#make a random length string of up to $maxLength long
+	$str.=chr round rand()+40 for 0..int rand $maxLength;
+
+	my $v=0;
+	for (split "",$str) {
+		$v+=(ord($_)-40)*-2+1;
+		last unless $v >=0;
+	}		
+
+	if($v==0) {
+		print("balanced: $str\n");
+		sleep 1;
+		next;
+	}
+	print("unbalanced: $str\n");
+}
+
+
diff --git a/challenge-042/ruben-westerberg/raku/ch-2.p6 b/challenge-042/ruben-westerberg/raku/ch-2.p6
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl6
+my $maxLength=@*ARGS[0]//20; #If no max on command line use 20
+while 1 {
+	my $str="";
+	#make a random length string of upto $maxLength long
+	$str~=(1.rand()+40).round.chr for 0..$maxLength.rand.Int;
+	my @v= [\+] $str.comb.map({(ord($_)-40)*-2+1});
+
+	if @v[*-1]==0 and !@v.grep(* < 0) {
+		put "balanced $str";
+		sleep 1;
+		next;
+	}
+	say "unbalanced: $str";
+}
+
+