From 7d50d5bfc29183579944c4832c7aae93abe661d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar@braincells.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 18:39:18 -0400
Subject: Challenge 342 by Jaldhar H. Vyas.

---
 challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/blog.txt       |  1 +
 challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/perl/ch-1.pl   | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/perl/ch-2.pl   | 16 ++++++++++++
 challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/raku/ch-1.raku | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/raku/ch-2.raku | 18 ++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 111 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/blog.txt
 create mode 100755 challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/perl/ch-1.pl
 create mode 100755 challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/perl/ch-2.pl
 create mode 100755 challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/raku/ch-1.raku
 create mode 100755 challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/raku/ch-2.raku

diff --git a/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/blog.txt b/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/blog.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a7aedaa97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/blog.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://www.braincells.com/perl/2025/10/perl_weekly_challenge_week_342.html
diff --git a/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/perl/ch-1.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a86c807a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/perl/ch-1.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use 5.038;
+use warnings;
+
+my $str = shift;
+
+my @letters = sort grep { /[[:lower:]]/ } split //, $str;
+my @digits = sort grep { /[[:digit:]]/ } split //, $str;
+my $digitFirst  = scalar @digits >= scalar @letters;
+
+if (abs(scalar @letters - scalar @digits) > 1) {
+    say "";
+    exit;
+}
+
+my $result = "";
+my $lindex = 0;
+my $dindex = 0;
+
+while ($lindex < scalar @letters || $dindex < scalar @digits) {
+    if ($digitFirst) {
+        if ($dindex < scalar @digits) {
+            $result .= $digits[$dindex++];
+        }
+        if ($lindex < scalar @letters) {
+            $result .= $letters[$lindex++];
+        }
+    } else {
+        if ($lindex < scalar @letters) {
+            $result .= $letters[$lindex++];
+        }
+        if ($dindex < scalar @digits) {
+            $result .= $digits[$dindex++];
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+say $result;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/perl/ch-2.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..24e60a49f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/perl/ch-2.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use 5.038;
+use warnings;
+
+my $str = shift;
+my $max = -"Inf";
+
+for my $i (1 .. (length $str) - 1) {
+    my $score = substr($str, 0, $i) =~ tr/0/0/ + substr($str, $i) =~ tr/1/1/;
+
+    if ($score > $max) {
+        $max = $score;
+    }
+}
+
+say $max;
diff --git a/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/raku/ch-1.raku b/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/raku/ch-1.raku
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..041c4c6ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/raku/ch-1.raku
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env raku
+
+sub MAIN(
+    Str $str
+) {
+    my @letters = $str.comb.grep({ /<lower>/ }).sort;
+    my @digits = $str.comb.grep({ /<digit>/ }).sort;
+    my $digitFirst = @digits.elems >= @letters.elems;
+
+    if (@letters.elems - @digits.elems).abs > 1 {
+        say "";
+        exit;
+    }
+
+    my $result = "";
+    my $lindex = 0;
+    my $dindex = 0;
+
+    while $lindex < @letters.elems || $dindex < @digits.elems {
+        if $digitFirst {
+            if $dindex < @digits.elems {
+                $result ~= @digits[$dindex++];
+            }
+            if $lindex < @letters.elems {
+                $result ~= @letters[$lindex++];
+            }
+        } else {
+            if $lindex < @letters.elems {
+                $result ~= @letters[$lindex++];
+            }
+            if $dindex < @digits.elems {
+                $result ~= @digits[$dindex++];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    say $result;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/raku/ch-2.raku b/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/raku/ch-2.raku
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..426ce43972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-342/jaldhar-h-vyas/raku/ch-2.raku
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/raku
+
+sub MAIN(
+    $str,
+) {
+    my $max = -∞;
+
+    for (1 ..^ $str.chars) -> $i {
+        my $score = $str.substr(0, $i).match(/(0)/, :g).elems +
+            $str.substr($i).match(/(1)/, :g).elems;
+
+        if ($score > $max) {
+            $max = $score;
+        }
+    }
+
+    say $max;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
-- 
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