From 973974e01dfb710ecb927fb1a6fd43df9224a4b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Campbell Smith <pj.campbell.smith@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 10:55:05 +0000
Subject: Week 250 - Happy New Year!

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 challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/blog.txt     |  1 +
 challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-1.pl | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-2.pl | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 61 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/blog.txt
 create mode 100755 challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-1.pl
 create mode 100755 challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-2.pl

diff --git a/challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/blog.txt b/challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/blog.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f30d6cd51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/blog.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://ccgi.campbellsmiths.force9.co.uk/challenge/250
diff --git a/challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-1.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9134dd5129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-1.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use v5.16;    # The Weekly Challenge - 2024-01-01
+use utf8;     # Week 250 task 1 - Smallest index
+use strict;   # Peter Campbell Smith
+use warnings; # Blog: http://ccgi.campbellsmiths.force9.co.uk/challenge
+
+binmode STDOUT, ':utf8';
+
+smallest_index(4, 3, 2, 1);
+smallest_index(2, 4, 6, 7, 3, 9, 1, 0, 2, 4, 7, 8, 2, 3);
+smallest_index(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0);
+
+sub smallest_index {
+	
+	my (@ints, $i, $i_mod10);
+	
+	#initialise
+	@ints = @_;
+	say qq[\nInput:  \@ints = (] . join(', ', @ints) . ')';
+	
+	# loop over supplied values
+	for $i (0 .. @ints - 1) {
+		$i_mod10 = $i % 10;
+		
+		# apply stated rule
+		if ($i_mod10 == $ints[$i]) {
+			say qq[Output: $i ∵ \$i = $i, \$i mod 10 = $i_mod10, \$ints[$i] = $ints[$i]];
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+	say qq[Output:  -1];
+}
+		
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-2.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..94ccd20736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-250/peter-campbell-smith/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use v5.16;    # The Weekly Challenge - 2024-01-01
+use utf8;     # Week 250 task 2 - Alphanumeric string value
+use strict;   # Peter Campbell Smith
+use warnings; # Blog: http://ccgi.campbellsmiths.force9.co.uk/challenge
+
+alpha_string_value('perl', '2', '000', 'python', 'r4ku');
+alpha_string_value('001', '1', '000', '0001');
+alpha_string_value('3', 'blind', 'mice', 'and', '10', 'green', 'bottles');
+
+sub alpha_string_value {
+	
+	my (@a, $max, $s, $value);
+
+	@a = @_;
+	
+	# loop over array elements and apply the stated rule
+	$max = -1;
+	for $s (@a) {
+		$value = $s =~ m|^(\d+)$| ? $1 + 0 : length($s);
+		$max = $value if $value > $max;
+	}
+	
+	say qq[\nInput:  \@alphanumstr = ('] . join(q[', '], @a) . qq[')\nOutput: ] . $max;
+}
-- 
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