#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Test::More; my %output_for = ( '215000007801' => '21507801', '300000324002' => '30324002', '890000457651' => '89457651', '210004563401' => '214563401', '201045139158' => '20145139158', ); plan tests => scalar keys %output_for; while ( my ($input, $correct_output) = each %output_for ) { my $orig_input = $input; $input = &compress_numstring( $input ); is( $input, $correct_output, "Solved '$orig_input'" ); } sub compress_numstring { my $starting_num = shift; return $starting_num unless(defined $starting_num && $starting_num =~ /^(\d{2})(\d+)/); my( $keep, $modify ) = ($1,$2); ( $modify =~ s/^0+// ) || ( $modify =~ s/0{2,}/0/ ) || ( $modify =~ s/(?