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jperlq:

It may have seemed to be an adequate problem statement to you, but it was not. In order to attempt to help you requires the reader to make assumptions about what you might mean.

When you've been around PerlMonks for a while, you'll see many poorly posed questions. If a question appears to be incomprehensible gibberish on first read, many people might request more information, just as apl did.

...roboticus