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+--
+-- Perl Weekly Challenge 212
+-- Task 2
+--
+-- See <https://perlweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-212/>
+--
+
+CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS pwc212;
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
+pwc212.task2_plpgsql( a int[], s int)
+RETURNS SETOF int[]
+AS $CODE$
+DECLARE
+	current int[];
+	done    int := 0;
+	next_value int;
+BEGIN
+
+	-- check if the array can be divided into batches
+	IF mod( array_length( a, 1 ), s ) <> 0 THEN
+	   RETURN;
+	END IF;
+
+	CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE IF NOT EXISTS bag( v int, c int default 1 );
+	TRUNCATE TABLE bag;
+	INSERT INTO bag
+	SELECT v, count(*)
+	FROM unnest( a ) v
+	GROUP BY v;
+
+
+	WHILE done < ( array_length( a, 1 ) / s ) LOOP
+	      current = array[]::int[];
+
+	      WHILE array_length( current, 1 ) IS NULL OR array_length( current, 1 ) < s LOOP
+	      	    SELECT min( v )
+		    INTO next_value
+		    FROM   bag
+		    WHERE  c > 0
+		    AND   v NOT IN ( SELECT * FROM unnest( current ) );
+
+		    UPDATE bag
+		    SET c = c - 1
+		    WHERE v = next_value;
+
+		    current := array_append( current, next_value );
+	      END LOOP;
+
+	      done := done + 1;
+	      RETURN NEXT current;
+	END LOOP;
+
+RETURN;
+END
+$CODE$
+LANGUAGE plpgsql;