Simon's solution to challenge 250

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import re
+import sys
+
+
+def calculate_value(s):
+    '''Return the number if it looks like an integer else the length of string'''
+    return int(s) if re.search(r'^\d+$', s) else len(s)
+
+
+def main(values):
+    print(max(map(calculate_value, values)))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(sys.argv[1:])