diff --git a/exercises/ch04/ex4_9.lua b/exercises/ch04/ex4_9.lua
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/exercises/ch04/ex4_9.lua
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+local function remove(str, start, _end)
+    -- print(start, _end, str:sub(start, start), str:sub(_end, _end))
+    local start_part = str:sub(1, start - 1)
+    local end_part = str:sub(_end + 1, -1)
+    return start_part .. end_part
+end
+
+local function remove_patterns(str, pattern)
+    while true do
+        local rem_start, rem_end, _ = str:find(pattern)
+        if rem_start == nil then
+            break
+        end
+        -- print(str, pattern, rem_start, rem_end)
+        str = remove(str, rem_start, rem_end)
+        -- print(str)
+    end
+
+    return str
+end
+
+local function ispali(str)
+    str = str:lower()
+
+    -- format
+    str = remove_patterns(str, "%s")
+    str = remove_patterns(str, "%p")
+
+    for i = 1, utf8.len(str) do
+        local idx = utf8.offset(str, i)
+        local idx_rev = utf8.offset(str, -i)
+        local ch_code = utf8.codepoint(str, idx)
+        local ch_code_rev = utf8.codepoint(str, idx_rev)
+        if ch_code ~= ch_code_rev then
+            return false
+        end
+    end
+
+    return true
+end
+
+local function test(str)
+    print(("%s: %q"):format(str, ispali(str)))
+end
+
+test("step ön nö pets")
+test("bänänä")
+
+print()
+
+test("step. ön nö   pets!")
+test("bänänä??")
diff --git a/exercises/ch05/ex5_1.lua b/exercises/ch05/ex5_1.lua
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/exercises/ch05/ex5_1.lua
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+local sunday = "monday"; monday = "sunday"
+local t = {sunday = "monday", [sunday] = monday}
+print(t.sunday, t[sunday], t[t.sunday])
diff --git a/exercises/ch05/ex5_3.lua b/exercises/ch05/ex5_3.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbbb601
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+++ b/exercises/ch05/ex5_3.lua
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+local escape_sequences = {
+    ["\a"] = "bell",
+    ["\b"] = "back space",
+    ["\f"] = "form feed",
+    ["\n"] = "newline",
+    ["\r"] = "carriage return",
+    ["\t"] = "horizontal tab",
+    ["\v"] = "vertical tab",
+    ["\\"] = "backslash",
+    ["\""] = "double quote",
+    ["\'"] = "single quote"
+}
+
+for k, v in pairs(escape_sequences) do
+    print(("k='%s', v='%s'"):format(k, v))
+end