Merge pull request #8503 from simongreen-net/master

Simon's solution to challenge 228

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+
+
+def main(ints):
+    # Get the minimum value
+    moves = 0
+    min_int = min(ints)
+
+    while len(ints):
+        moves += 1
+        value = ints.pop(0)
+
+        # If this is the minimum value, calculate the new minimum value
+        if value == min_int:
+            if len(ints):
+                min_int = min(ints)
+        else:
+            # Move it to the end
+            ints.append(value)
+
+    print(moves)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Convert input into integers
+    array = [int(n) for n in sys.argv[1:]]
+    main(array)