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diff --git a/challenge-272/roger-bell-west/lua/ch-2.lua b/challenge-272/roger-bell-west/lua/ch-2.lua
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+#! /usr/bin/lua
+
+function split(t)
+   local cl = {}
+   string.gsub(t,
+               "(.)",
+               function(c)
+                  table.insert(cl, c)
+               end
+   )
+   return cl
+end
+
+function stringscore(a)
+   local out = 0
+   local c = split(a)
+   for n = 1, #c - 1 do
+      out = out + math.abs(string.byte(c[n]) - string.byte(c[n + 1]))
+   end
+   return out
+end
+
+if stringscore("hello") == 13 then
+  io.write("Pass")
+else
+  io.write("FAIL")
+end
+io.write(" ")
+
+if stringscore("perl") == 30 then
+  io.write("Pass")
+else
+  io.write("FAIL")
+end
+io.write(" ")
+
+if stringscore("raku") == 37 then
+  io.write("Pass")
+else
+  io.write("FAIL")
+end
+print("")
+