sgreen solutions to challenge 282

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+
+
+def good_integer(n: int) -> str:
+    # Convert the integer to a string
+    value = str(n)
+    length = len(value)
+
+    for pos in range(length-2):
+        if (
+            value[pos] == value[pos+1]
+            and value[pos] == value[pos+2]
+            and (pos == 0 or value[pos] != value[pos-1])
+            and (pos + 3 == length or value[pos] != value[pos+3])
+        ):
+            return value[pos:pos+3]
+
+    return '-1'
+
+
+def main():
+    # Convert input into an integer
+    result = good_integer(int(sys.argv[1]))
+    print(result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()