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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-250/#TASK2
+#
+# Task 2: Alphanumeric String Value
+# =================================
+#
+# You are given an array of alphanumeric strings.
+#
+# Write a script to return the maximum value of alphanumeric string in the
+# given array.
+#
+# The value of alphanumeric string can be defined as
+#
+# a) The numeric representation of the string in base 10 if it is made up of
+#    digits only.
+# b) otherwise the length of the string
+#
+#
+## Example 1
+##
+## Input: @alphanumstr = ("perl", "2", "000", "python", "r4ku")
+## Output: 6
+##
+## "perl" consists of letters only so the value is 4.
+## "2" is digits only so the value is 2.
+## "000" is digits only so the value is 0.
+## "python" consits of letters so the value is 6.
+## "r4ku" consists of letters and digits so the value is 4.
+#
+## Example 2
+##
+## Input: @alphanumstr = ("001", "1", "000", "0001")
+## Output: 1
+#
+############################################################
+##
+## discussion
+##
+############################################################
+#
+# Try to match each string against a non-digit character. If that succeeds (or
+# the length is 0), use the length. If it doesn't, convert the string to an
+# integer.
+
+import re
+
+def alphanumeric_string_value(alphanumstr: list):
+    print("Input: (", ", ".join(alphanumstr) , ")")
+    max = 0
+    for string in alphanumstr:
+        if len(string) > 0:
+            if re.match('[^\d]', string):
+                if len(string) > max:
+                    max = len(string)
+            else:
+                if int(string) > max:
+                    max = int(string)
+    print(f"Output: {max}")
+
+
+
+alphanumeric_string_value(["perl", "2", "000", "python", "r4ku"])
+alphanumeric_string_value(["001", "1", "000", "0001"])
+