Merge pull request #9390 from simongreen-net/master

Simon's solution to challenge 251

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+
+
+def main(ints):
+    solution = 0
+    half = len(ints) // 2
+
+    # If we have an odd number of integers, use the middle value
+    if len(ints) % 2 == 1:
+        solution += ints[half]
+
+    # Combine the concatenation of the remaining integers, starting with first
+    #  and last, then second and second last, and so on.
+    for i in range(half):
+        solution += int(str(ints[i]) + str(ints[-1-i]))
+
+    print(solution)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Convert input into integers
+    array = [int(n) for n in sys.argv[1:]]
+    main(array)