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+--
+-- Perl Weekly Challenge 278
+-- Task 1
+-- See <https://perlweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-278>
+--
+
+CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS pwc278;
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
+pwc278.task1_plpgsql( words text[] )
+RETURNS SETOF text
+AS $CODE$
+
+   WITH numbered AS (
+      SELECT substring( v::text from '^[a-zA-Z]+' ) as word
+           , substring( v::text from '\d+$' )::int as index
+      FROM unnest( words ) v
+   )
+   SELECT word
+   FROM numbered
+   ORDER BY index
+   ;
+$CODE$
+LANGUAGE sql;