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#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use experimental qw( signatures );
=head1 Two Interpretations
There are two interpretations that both fit to the examples given:
=over 4
=item 1.
The first character that appears for the second time is the answer.
=item 2.
The first character that appears for the second time B<and> doesn't appear any
more times is the answer.
=back
=cut
sub twice_appearance_1($str) {
my %tally;
for my $char (split //, $str) {
return $char if 2 == ++$tally{$char};
}
return ""
}
sub twice_appearance_2($str) {
my %tally;
my @order;
for my $char (split //, $str) {
push @order, $char if 2 == ++$tally{$char};
}
for my $char (@order) {
return $char if 2 == $tally{$char};
}
return ""
}
use Test::More tests => 2 * (3 + 2);
my @interpretation = qw( a d );
my $i = 0;
for my $twice_appearance(*twice_appearance_1{CODE}, *twice_appearance_2{CODE}) {
is $twice_appearance->('acbddbca'), 'd', 'Example 1';
is $twice_appearance->('abccd'), 'c', 'Example 2';
is $twice_appearance->('abcdabbb'), 'a', 'Example 3';
is $twice_appearance->('abcd'), "", 'Naught';
is $twice_appearance->('abcdabcdabce'), $interpretation[$i++],
"Interpretation $i";
}
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