Re^4: Faster (but uglier) PWC 350-2 solutions

> But writing A < B from the beginning would have been better.

That would need me to think about it more than I did. ;-)

> Without calculating the numbers for both interpretations, it's not possible

That's how the Weekly Challenge often works. Sometimes, even the examples don't give enough clues and people come with different interpretations. That's part of the fun.

map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]

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Re^5: Faster (but uglier) PWC 350-2 solutions by LanX (Saint) on Dec 09, 2025 at 19:17 UTC
Actually A > B if you say A = B * k What you wrote has no solution. ;) See https://wlmb.github.io/2025/12/01/PWC350/ (FWIW I would have chosen B = A * k ) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^6: Faster (but uglier) PWC 350-2 solutions by choroba (Cardinal) on Dec 09, 2025 at 20:46 UTC
> What you wrote has no solution. ;) It was fixed after a short while. > (FWIW I would have chosen B = A k )* Mohammad will be happy if you submit anything! `map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]\|\|0,1}[\\|\|{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^ARGV,3]`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: Faster (but uglier) PWC 350-2 solutions by LanX (Saint) on Dec 09, 2025 at 21:38 UTC
> Mohammad will be happy if you submit anything! Ha, ha, ha ... touché! :-) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]