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+#!/usr/bin/perl -s
+
+use v5.24;
+use List::Util qw(min max);
+use Test2::V0;
+
+our ($tests, $examples);
+
+run_tests() if $tests || $examples;	# does not return
+
+die <<EOS unless @ARGV;
+usage: $0 [-examples] [-tests] [--] [L,U...]
+
+-examples
+    run the examples from the challenge
+ 
+-tests
+    run some tests
+
+L,U
+    list of intervals given by comma separated lower and upper limit.
+
+EOS
+
+
+### Input and Output
+
+main: {
+    local $" = ',';
+    local $, = ',';
+    say map "[@$_]", merge_intervals(map [split /,/, $_], @ARGV)->@*;
+}
+
+
+### Implementation
+
+# Regarding the given intervals as closed.  Therefore two intervals of
+# the form [a, b] [b, c] are merged into [a, c].
+sub merge_intervals {
+    my @merged;
+    my $prev;
+    for my $int (@_) {
+        if ($prev && $int->[0] <= $prev->[1]) {
+            $prev = [min($prev->[0], $int->[0]), max($prev->[1], $int->[1])];
+        } else {
+            push @merged, $prev if $prev;
+            $prev = $int;
+        }
+    }
+    push @merged, $prev;
+    \@merged;
+}
+
+
+### Examples and tests
+
+sub run_tests {
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "examples" unless $examples;
+
+        is merge_intervals([2,7], [3,9], [10,12], [15,19], [18,22]),
+        [[2, 9], [10, 12], [15, 22]], 'example';
+    }
+
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "tests" unless $tests;
+
+        is merge_intervals([1, 4], [5, 8]), [[1, 4], [5, 8]], 'disjoint';
+        is merge_intervals([1, 4], [4, 8]), [[1, 8]], 'adjacent';
+        is merge_intervals([1, 4], [3, 8]), [[1, 8]], 'overlapping';
+        is merge_intervals([1, 8], [2, 6]), [[1, 8]], 'including';
+	}
+
+    done_testing;
+    exit;
+}