From cb80fee1fbc25e093a382be4376daa1f4b810f5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Mahnke <andreas.mahnke@leuphana.de>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:01:38 +0100
Subject: Challenge 349

---
 challenge-349/mahnkong/perl/ch-1.pl | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 challenge-349/mahnkong/perl/ch-2.pl | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 challenge-349/mahnkong/perl/ch-1.pl
 create mode 100644 challenge-349/mahnkong/perl/ch-2.pl

diff --git a/challenge-349/mahnkong/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-349/mahnkong/perl/ch-1.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b375fc2ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-349/mahnkong/perl/ch-1.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use feature 'signatures';
+use Test::More 'no_plan';
+
+sub run($str) {
+    my $longest = 0;
+    while ($str =~ /(.)\1*/g) {
+        $longest = length($&) if length($&) > $longest;
+    }
+    return $longest;
+}
+
+is(run("textbook"), 2, "Example 1");
+is(run("aaaaa"), 5, "Example 2");
+is(run("hoorayyy"), 3, "Example 3");
+is(run("x"), 1, "Example 4");
+is(run("aabcccddeeffffghijjk"), 4, "Example 5");
diff --git a/challenge-349/mahnkong/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-349/mahnkong/perl/ch-2.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77fed13894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-349/mahnkong/perl/ch-2.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use feature 'signatures';
+use Test::More 'no_plan';
+
+my $moves = {
+    'R' => sub($point) {
+        $point->{'x'} += 1;
+    },
+    'L' => sub($point) {
+        $point->{'x'} -= 1;
+    },
+    'U' => sub($point) {
+        $point->{'y'} += 1;
+    },
+    'D' => sub($point) {
+        $point->{'y'} -= 1;
+    }
+};
+
+sub run($path) {
+    my $point = {'x' => 0, 'y' => 0};
+    do {
+        my $operation = substr($path, 0, 1);
+        $path = substr($path, 1);
+        $moves->{$operation}->($point);
+        return 1 if $point->{'x'} == 0 && $point->{'y'} == 0;
+    } while(length($path));
+    return 0;
+}
+
+is(run("ULD"), 0, "Example 1");
+is(run("ULDR"), 1, "Example 2");
+is(run("UUURRRDDD"), 0, "Example 3");
+is(run("UURRRDDLLL"), 1, "Example 4");
+is(run("RRUULLDDRRUU"), 1, "Example 5");
-- 
cgit