Add Python solution to challenge 052

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Challenge 052
+#
+# TASK #1
+# Stepping Numbers
+# Write a script to accept two numbers between 100 and 999. It should then print
+# all Stepping Numbers between them.
+#
+# A number is called a stepping number if the adjacent digits have a difference
+# of 1. For example, 456 is a stepping number but 129 is not.
+
+import sys
+
+STEPPING_NUMS = [123, 234, 345, 456, 567, 678, 789]
+
+start = int(sys.argv[1])
+end = int(sys.argv[2])
+for n in STEPPING_NUMS:
+    if n >= start and n <= end:
+        print(n)
diff --git a/challenge-052/paulo-custodio/python/ch-2.py b/challenge-052/paulo-custodio/python/ch-2.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Challenge 052
+#
+# TASK #2
+# Lucky Winner
+# Suppose there are following coins arranged on a table in a line in random
+# order.
+#
+# Pound1, 50p, 1p, 10p, 5p, 20p, Pound2, 2p
+#
+# Suppose you are playing against the computer. Player can only pick one coin
+# at a time from either ends. Find out the lucky winner, who has the larger
+# amounts in total?
+
+from random import shuffle
+
+coins = [100, 50, 1, 10, 5, 20, 200, 2]
+shuffle(coins)
+
+human = 0
+computer = 0
+
+while len(coins) > 0:
+    # human
+    draw = ""
+    while draw != "b" and draw != "e":
+        draw = input("Coins: "+" ".join([str(x) for x in coins])+". draw (b/e)? ")
+    if draw == "b":
+        human += coins[0]
+        coins = coins[1:]
+    else:
+        human += coins[-1]
+        coins = coins[:-1]
+
+    # computer
+    if len(coins) > 0:
+        if coins[0] >= coins[-1]:
+            computer += coins[0]
+            coins = coins[1:]
+        else:
+            computer += coins[-1]
+            coins = coins[:-1]
+
+if human > computer:
+    print(f"You WIN ({human}/{computer})")
+else:
+    print(f"You LOOSE ({human}/{computer})")