Perl Weekly Challenge: Reduced is Smaller!
No music again this week. I don’t know why, it’s just not coming to me. Onward to Perl Weekly Challenge 257! Task 1: Smaller than CurrentApproachRakuPerlPythonTask 2: Reduced Row...
View ArticlePerl Weekly Challenge: Even Digits have a Sum!
My title is, again, word salad from the tasks, and have no musical connection. I feel like I’m losing my touch. But even so, let’s dive into Perl Weekly Challenge 258! Task 1: Count Even Digits...
View ArticlePerl Weekly Challenge: Ba-a-nking Day! Ba-a-nking Day! That’s all I really...
Oh, I’m weary from waitingIn Washington, D.C.I’m coming to see my congressmanBut he’s avoiding meWeary from waiting down in Washington, D.C. Oh, CongresswomanWon’t you tell that congressmanI’ve waited...
View ArticlePerl Weekly Challenge: Unique Dictionary Occurrences are Rank
Rank? Take note, this is probably the only time I’m evoking Lynyrd Skynyrd.Onward to Perl Weekly Challenge 260! Task 1: Unique OccurrencesApproachRakuPerlPythonTask 2: Dictionary...
View ArticlePerl Weekly Challenge: Two Elements, Multiplied by Digit Sum
No music this week, only solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 261! Task 1: Element Digit SumApproachRakuPerlPythonTask 2: Multiply by TwoApproachRakuPerlPython Task 1: Element Digit Sum You are given an...
View ArticlePerl Weekly Challenge: Counting to the Max!
Tonight’s music doesn’t have anything to do with the tasks; it’s just the soundtrack while I was writing up, as my wife calls it, “my cooking blog”. Onward to the solutions for Perl Weekly Challenge...
View ArticlePerl Weekly Challenge: Merge the Target Index Items
For some reason, my brain conflated “index” with “reflex”, so this week’s musical theme is The Reflex by Duran Duran. Yeah, I remember when that was on the radio. Onward to Perl Weekly Challenge 263!...
View ArticlePerl Weekly Challenge: I’m The Greatest Target!
The first task in this challenge started with the words “Greatest English”. When I think of “greatest” and “English”, it should be obvious that my mind immediately jumps to… Ringo Starr. It may be...
View ArticlePerl Weekly Challenge: Completing a Third of an Appearance
Tonight’s musical accompaniment was Billy Joel: The 100th – Live at Madison Square Garden. Without being interrupted in the middle of Piano Man. So, let’s hope we don’t break away to out local...
View ArticlePerl Weekly Challenge: A Matrix of Uncommon X Words
Today’s musical theme has nothing to do with the tasks; it’s just that earlier this week I heard Crosby, Stills, Nash & not-at-this-point-in-time-Young’s Wasted on the Way, and it got stuck in my...
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