[golf] Kaprekar Numbers

It's been a while since i've done much Perl, or posted here, so please take a tetanus shot and bear with me, because i'm a little rusty. This might not be the most interesting problem, but i certainly had fun with it...

A Kaprekar number is one where if you square it and break it in half (the right side larger for oddly lengthed numbers), the two halves add up to the original number. This is only roughly the definition, you can go here for a longer layman's definition, and here for a rigorous definition.

One example Kaprekar number: 297
297**2 == 88,209.
88 + 209 == 297

Given a subroutine outline like so:

sub kap_check {
  ...
}
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the golf is to fill in the interesting bits that accept one numeric argument and return true or false depending on whether the input is a Kaprekar number or not. If you take a look at the rigorous page, you'll notice some strange numbers that don't fit in with the layman's definition above (like 4879). Ignore those numbers for the purpose of this golf.

My solution at 53 chars:

#23456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_
$_=$_[0]*pop;$==.5*length;/(.{$=})(.*)/;$1+$2==$_**.5
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jynx

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Re: [golf] Kaprekar Numbers by thospel (Hermit) on Jul 05, 2005 at 20:20 UTC
Here's a 34 for the rigorous version: "@_"*2=~/(??{"@_"!=$`+$'&&a})/$' [download] (you can make it warning free at the cost of one more character)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: [golf] Kaprekar Numbers by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Jul 05, 2005 at 19:47 UTC
41: `$_=$_[0]2;$==y///c/2;/.{$=}/;$&+$'==pop` [download] Caution:** Contents may have been coded under pressure.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: [golf] Kaprekar Numbers by truedfx (Monk) on Jul 07, 2005 at 20:36 UTC
Based on your idea, I got it to 38: # 34567890123456789012345678901234567890 $_=$_[0]**2;pos=y///c/2;//g;$`+$'==pop [download] (Edit: and using thospel's "@_" instead of $_[0] makes it 37. I wonder how I managed to miss that...)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: [golf] Kaprekar Numbers by thospel (Hermit) on Jul 08, 2005 at 18:51 UTC
Like this it's 34: (pos=$_="@_"**2)/=2;//g;$`+$'==pop [download]	[reply] [d/l]


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