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data/tracks/perl5/exercises/scrabble-score/README.md

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+# Scrabble Score
+
+Given a word, compute the scrabble score for that word.
+
+## Letter Values
+
+You'll need these:
+
+```plain
+Letter                           Value
+A, E, I, O, U, L, N, R, S, T       1
+D, G                               2
+B, C, M, P                         3
+F, H, V, W, Y                      4
+K                                  5
+J, X                               8
+Q, Z                               10
+```
+
+## Examples
+"cabbage" should be scored as worth 14 points:
+
+- 3 points for C
+- 1 point for A, twice
+- 3 points for B, twice
+- 2 points for G
+- 1 point for E
+
+And to total:
+
+- `3 + 2*1 + 2*3 + 2 + 1`
+- = `3 + 2 + 6 + 3`
+- = `5 + 9`
+- = 14
+
+## Extensions
+- You can play a double or a triple letter.
+- You can play a double or a triple word.
+## Source
+
+Inspired by the Extreme Startup game [https://github.com/rchatley/extreme_startup](https://github.com/rchatley/extreme_startup)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/perl5/exercises/secret-handshake/README.md

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+# Secret Handshake
+
+> There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand
+> binary, and those who don't.
+
+You and your fellow cohort of those in the "know" when it comes to
+binary decide to come up with a secret "handshake".
+
+```
+1 = wink
+10 = double blink
+100 = close your eyes
+1000 = jump
+
+
+10000 = Reverse the order of the operations in the secret handshake.
+```
+
+Given a decimal number, convert it to the appropriate sequence of events for a secret handshake.
+
+Here's a couple of examples:
+
+Given the input 3, the function would return the array
+["wink", "double blink"] because 3 is 11 in binary.
+
+Given the input 19, the function would return the array
+["double blink", "wink"] because 19 is 10011 in binary.
+Notice that the addition of 16 (10000 in binary)
+has caused the array to be reversed.
+## Source
+
+Bert, in Mary Poppins [http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0011238/quotes](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0011238/quotes)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/perl5/exercises/series/README.md

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+# Series
+
+Given a string of digits, output all the contiguous substrings of length `n` in
+that string.
+
+For example, the string "49142" has the following 3-digit series:
+
+- 491
+- 914
+- 142
+
+And the following 4-digit series:
+
+- 4914
+- 9142
+
+And if you ask for a 6-digit series from a 5-digit string, you deserve
+whatever you get.
+
+Note that these series are only required to occupy *adjacent positions*
+in the input; the digits need not be *numerically consecutive*.
+## Source
+
+A subset of the Problem 8 at Project Euler [http://projecteuler.net/problem=8](http://projecteuler.net/problem=8)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/perl5/exercises/sieve/README.md

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+# Sieve
+
+Use the Sieve of Eratosthenes to find all the primes from 2 up to a given
+number.
+
+The Sieve of Eratosthenes is a simple, ancient algorithm for finding all
+prime numbers up to any given limit. It does so by iteratively marking as
+composite (i.e. not prime) the multiples of each prime,
+starting with the multiples of 2.
+
+Create your range, starting at two and continuing up to and including the given limit. (i.e. [2, limit])
+
+The algorithm consists of repeating the following over and over:
+
+- take the next available unmarked number in your list (it is prime)
+- mark all the multiples of that number (they are not prime)
+
+Repeat until you have processed each number in your range.
+
+When the algorithm terminates, all the numbers in the list that have not
+been marked are prime.
+
+The wikipedia article has a useful graphic that explains the algorithm:
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes
+
+Notice that this is a very specific algorithm, and the tests don't check
+that you've implemented the algorithm, only that you've come up with the
+correct list of primes.
+## Source
+
+Sieve of Eratosthenes at Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/perl5/exercises/simple-cipher/README.md

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+# Simple Cipher
+
+Implement a simple shift cipher like Caesar and a more secure substitution cipher.
+
+## Step 1
+
+"If he had anything confidential to say, he wrote it in cipher, that is,
+by so changing the order of the letters of the alphabet, that not a word
+could be made out. If anyone wishes to decipher these, and get at their
+meaning, he must substitute the fourth letter of the alphabet, namely D,
+for A, and so with the others."
+—Suetonius, Life of Julius Caesar
+
+Ciphers are very straight-forward algorithms that allow us to render
+text less readable while still allowing easy deciphering. They are
+vulnerable to many forms of cryptoanalysis, but we are lucky that
+generally our little sisters are not cryptoanalysts.
+
+The Caesar Cipher was used for some messages from Julius Caesar that
+were sent afield. Now Caesar knew that the cipher wasn't very good, but
+he had one ally in that respect: almost nobody could read well. So even
+being a couple letters off was sufficient so that people couldn't
+recognize the few words that they did know.
+
+Your task is to create a simple shift cipher like the Caesar Cipher.
+This image is a great example of the Caesar Cipher:
+
+![Caesar Cipher][1]
+
+For example:
+
+Giving "iamapandabear" as input to the encode function returns the cipher "ldpdsdqgdehdu". Obscure enough to keep our message secret in transit.
+
+When "ldpdsdqgdehdu" is put into the decode function it would return
+the original "iamapandabear" letting your friend read your original
+message.
+
+## Step 2
+
+Shift ciphers are no fun though when your kid sister figures it out. Try
+amending the code to allow us to specify a key and use that for the
+shift distance. This is called a substitution cipher.
+
+Here's an example:
+
+Given the key "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", encoding the string "iamapandabear"
+would return the original "iamapandabear".
+
+Given the key "ddddddddddddddddd", encoding our string "iamapandabear"
+would return the obscured "lpdsdqgdehdu"
+
+In the example above, we've set a = 0 for the key value. So when the
+plaintext is added to the key, we end up with the same message coming
+out. So "aaaa" is not an ideal key. But if we set the key to "dddd", we
+would get the same thing as the Caesar Cipher.
+
+## Step 3
+
+The weakest link in any cipher is the human being. Let's make your
+substitution cipher a little more fault tolerant by providing a source
+of randomness and ensuring that the key is not composed of numbers or
+capital letters.
+
+If someone doesn't submit a key at all, generate a truly random key of
+at least 100 characters in length, accessible via Cipher#key (the #
+syntax means instance variable)
+
+If the key submitted has capital letters or numbers, throw an
+ArgumentError with a message to that effect.
+
+## Extensions
+
+Shift ciphers work by making the text slightly odd, but are vulnerable
+to frequency analysis. Substitution ciphers help that, but are still
+very vulnerable when the key is short or if spaces are preserved. Later
+on you'll see one solution to this problem in the exercise
+"crypto-square".
+
+If you want to go farther in this field, the questions begin to be about
+how we can exchange keys in a secure way. Take a look at [Diffie-Hellman
+on Wikipedia][dh] for one of the first implementations of this scheme.
+
+[1]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Caesar_cipher_left_shift_of_3.svg/320px-Caesar_cipher_left_shift_of_3.svg.png
+[dh]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffie%E2%80%93Hellman_key_exchange
+## Source
+
+Substitution Cipher at Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitution_cipher](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitution_cipher)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/perl5/exercises/simple-linked-list/README.md

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+# Simple Linked List
+
+Write a simple linked list implementation that uses Elements and a List.
+
+The linked list is a fundamental data structure in computer science,
+often used in the implementation of other data structures. They're
+pervasive in functional programming languages, such as Clojure, Erlang,
+or Haskell, but far less common in imperative languages such as Ruby or
+Python.
+
+The simplest kind of linked list is a singly linked list. Each element in the
+list contains data and a "next" field pointing to the next element in the list
+of elements.
+
+This variant of linked lists is often used to represent sequences or
+push-down stacks (also called a LIFO stack; Last In, First Out).
+
+As a first take, lets create a singly linked list to contain the range (1..10),
+and provide functions to reverse a linked list and convert to and from arrays.
+
+When implementing this in a language with built-in linked lists,
+implement your own abstract data type.
+## Source
+
+Inspired by 'Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Ruby', singly linked-lists. [http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus8/html/page96.html#SECTION004300000000000000000](http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus8/html/page96.html#SECTION004300000000000000000)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/perl5/exercises/space-age/README.md

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+# Space Age
+
+Given an age in seconds, calculate how old someone would be on:
+
+   - Earth: orbital period 365.25 Earth days, or 31557600 seconds
+   - Mercury: orbital period 0.2408467 Earth years
+   - Venus: orbital period 0.61519726 Earth years
+   - Mars: orbital period 1.8808158 Earth years
+   - Jupiter: orbital period 11.862615 Earth years
+   - Saturn: orbital period 29.447498 Earth years
+   - Uranus: orbital period 84.016846 Earth years
+   - Neptune: orbital period 164.79132 Earth years
+
+So if you were told someone were 1,000,000,000 seconds old, you should
+be able to say that they're 31 Earth-years old.
+
+If you're wondering why Pluto didn't make the cut, go watch [this
+youtube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2gbGXzFbs).
+## Source
+
+Partially inspired by Chapter 1 in Chris Pine's online Learn to Program tutorial. [http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=01](http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=01)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/perl5/exercises/strain/README.md

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+# Strain
+
+Implement the `keep` and `discard` operation on collections. Given a collection
+and a predicate on the collection's elements, `keep` returns a new collection
+containing those elements where the predicate is true, while `discard` returns
+a new collection containing those elements where the predicate is false.
+
+For example, given the collection of numbers:
+
+- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
+
+And the predicate:
+
+- is the number even?
+
+Then your keep operation should produce:
+
+- 2, 4
+
+While your discard operation should produce:
+
+- 1, 3, 5
+
+Note that the union of keep and discard is all the elements.
+
+The functions may be called `keep` and `discard`, or they may need different
+names in order to not clash with existing functions or concepts in your
+language.
+
+## Restrictions
+
+Keep your hands off that filter/reject/whatchamacallit functionality
+provided by your standard library!  Solve this one yourself using other
+basic tools instead.
+## Source
+
+Conversation with James Edward Gray II [https://twitter.com/jeg2](https://twitter.com/jeg2)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/perl5/exercises/sublist/README.md

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+# Sublist
+
+Given two lists determine if the first list is contained within the second
+list, if the second list is contained within the first list, if both lists are
+contained within each other or if none of these are true.
+
+Specifically, a list A is a sublist of list B if by dropping 0 or more elements
+from the front of B and 0 or more elements from the back of B you get a list
+that's completely equal to A.
+
+Examples:
+
+ * A = [1, 2, 3], B = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], A is a sublist of B
+ * A = [3, 4, 5], B = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], A is a sublist of B
+ * A = [3, 4], B = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], A is a sublist of B
+ * A = [1, 2, 3], B = [1, 2, 3], A is equal to B
+ * A = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], B = [2, 3, 4], A is a superlist of B
+ * A = [1, 2, 4], B = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], A is not a superlist of, sublist of or equal to B
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/perl5/exercises/sum-of-multiples/README.md

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+# Sum Of Multiples
+
+Given a number, find the sum of all the multiples of particular numbers up to
+but not including that number.
+
+If we list all the natural numbers up to but not including 20 that are
+multiples of either 3 or 5, we get 3, 5, 6 and 9, 10, 12, 15, and 18.
+
+The sum of these multiples is 78.
+
+Given a number, find the sum of the multiples of a given set of numbers,
+up to but not including that number.
+## Source
+
+A variation on Problem 1 at Project Euler [http://projecteuler.net/problem=1](http://projecteuler.net/problem=1)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/perl5/exercises/triangle/README.md

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+# Triangle
+
+Determine if a triangle is equilateral, isosceles, or scalene.
+
+An _equilateral_ triangle has all three sides the same length.<br/>
+An _isosceles_ triangle has at least two sides the same length. (It is sometimes
+specified as having exactly two sides the same length, but for the purposes of
+this exercise we'll say at least two.)<br/>
+A _scalene_ triangle has all sides of different lengths.
+
+## Note
+
+For a shape to be a triangle at all, all sides have to be of length > 0, and 
+the sum of the lengths of any two sides must be greater than or equal to the 
+length of the third side. See [Triangle Inequality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_inequality).
+
+## Dig Deeper
+
+The case where the sum of the lengths of two sides _equals_ that of the 
+third is known as a _degenerate_ triangle - it has zero area and looks like 
+a single line. Feel free to add your own code/tests to check for degenerate triangles.## Source
+
+The Ruby Koans triangle project, parts 1 & 2 [http://rubykoans.com](http://rubykoans.com)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/perl5/exercises/trinary/README.md

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+# Trinary
+
+Convert a trinary number, represented as a string (e.g. '102012'), to its
+decimal equivalent using first principles.
+
+The program should consider strings specifying an invalid trinary as the
+value 0.
+
+Trinary numbers contain three symbols: 0, 1, and 2.
+
+The last place in a trinary number is the 1's place. The second to last
+is the 3's place, the third to last is the 9's place, etc.
+
+```bash
+# "102012"
+    1       0       2       0       1       2    # the number
+1*3^5 + 0*3^4 + 2*3^3 + 0*3^2 + 1*3^1 + 2*3^0    # the value
+  243 +     0 +    54 +     0 +     3 +     2 =  302
+```
+
+If your language provides a method in the standard library to perform the
+conversion, pretend it doesn't exist and implement it yourself.
+## Source
+
+All of Computer Science [http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=binary&a=*C.binary-_*MathWorld-](http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=binary&a=*C.binary-_*MathWorld-)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/perl5/exercises/twelve-days/README.md

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+# Twelve Days
+
+Output the lyrics to 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'.
+
+```
+On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
+
+On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
+
+On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
+
+On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
+
+On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
+
+On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, six Geese-a-Laying, five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
+
+On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me, seven Swans-a-Swimming, six Geese-a-Laying, five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
+
+On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, eight Maids-a-Milking, seven Swans-a-Swimming, six Geese-a-Laying, five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
+
+On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, nine Ladies Dancing, eight Maids-a-Milking, seven Swans-a-Swimming, six Geese-a-Laying, five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
+
+On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, ten Lords-a-Leaping, nine Ladies Dancing, eight Maids-a-Milking, seven Swans-a-Swimming, six Geese-a-Laying, five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
+
+On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me, eleven Pipers Piping, ten Lords-a-Leaping, nine Ladies Dancing, eight Maids-a-Milking, seven Swans-a-Swimming, six Geese-a-Laying, five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
+
+On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, twelve Drummers Drumming, eleven Pipers Piping, ten Lords-a-Leaping, nine Ladies Dancing, eight Maids-a-Milking, seven Swans-a-Swimming, six Geese-a-Laying, five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
+```
+## Source
+
+Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song))
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.