Python solution for week 2, part 2

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diff --git a/challenge-002/abigail/README.md b/challenge-002/abigail/README.md
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--- a/challenge-002/abigail/README.md
+++ b/challenge-002/abigail/README.md
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ one number per line. Programs will use an option, -t (to base 35), or
 * [Lua](lua/ch-2.lua)
 * [Node](node/ch-2.js)
 * [Perl](perl/ch-2.pl)
+* [Python](python/ch-2.py)
+* [Ruby](ruby/ch-2.by)
diff --git a/challenge-002/abigail/python/ch-2.py b/challenge-002/abigail/python/ch-2.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22fe4fcaf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-002/abigail/python/ch-2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/opt/local/bin/python
+
+#
+# See ../READ.md
+#
+
+#
+# Run as python ch-2.py {-f | -t} < input-file
+#
+
+import fileinput
+import sys
+import getopt
+
+BASE = 35
+
+#
+# Parse options
+#
+do_to_base   = 0
+do_from_base = 0
+opts, args = getopt . getopt (sys . argv [1:], 'ft')
+
+for opt, val in opts:
+    if   opt == "-f":
+        do_from_base = 1
+    elif opt == "-t":
+        do_to_base = 1
+
+if do_to_base + do_from_base != 1:
+    print "Need exactly one of -f or -t"
+    sys . exit (1)
+
+
+#
+# Translate a base 10 number to base 35
+#
+def to_base (number):
+    out = ""
+    while number > 0:
+        rest = number % BASE
+        if rest < 10:
+            char = str (rest)
+        else:
+            char = chr (65 + rest - 10)
+        out = char + out
+        number = int (number / BASE)
+    return out
+
+
+#
+# Translate a number from base BASE to base 10
+#
+def from_base (number):
+    return int (number, BASE)
+    
+#
+# Need to clean argv, else fileinput will try to open a file
+#
+sys . argv [1:] = []
+
+for line in fileinput . input ():
+    print from_base (line) if do_from_base else to_base (int (line))